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LOT 2932
Farnham Trottsford Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 1/4 in. (46.3 grams, 58 mm).
Cordate in profile with transverse cutting edge; old typed label 'Trottsford Lay, 1948' and inked 'Trottsford [..]48'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Trottsford, near Farnham, Surrey, UK, May 1948.
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s.
Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum.
The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Flint mining was also carried out by the Neolithic folk. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of the Neolithic flint work.
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LOT 2932
Farnham Trottsford Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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African Very Large Homo Erectus Stone Age Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 10 | Current Bid: £74
Piriform in plan and biconvex in section with narrow point. 780 grams, 19.8 cm
Found Central Sahara. Ex old German collection of Dr J. Fehkhaber, formed in the 1970s. -
Stone Age Fontmaure Jasper Neanderthal Long Blade Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Blade with parallel sides, concave area with re-touch, naturally backed for grip. 134 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Ex collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Made by Neanderthal. From the well-regarded site of Fontmaure -
Large Farnham St Martha Stone Age Knapped Flint Adze
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section with a rounded butt, small patches of cortex, inked findspot 'St. Marth (Tyting) (1930)' and pencilled notations. 235 grams, 13.1 cm
Found St Martha, Tyting Lane, near Farnham, Surrey, UK. Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Flint mining was also carried out by the Neolithic folk. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of the Neolithic flint work.
