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LOT 2906
French Dordogne Stone Age Knapped Gravettian Blade
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, GRAVETTIAN, CIRCA 33,000-21,000 B.P.
4 in. (19.55 grams, 10 cm).
Slender leaf-shaped in plan and triangular in section, with one tapering and one cut end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Dordogne, France.
Ex M G Georgeon.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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LOT 2906
French Dordogne Stone Age Knapped Gravettian Blade
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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South African Stone Age Tool Group
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Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a D-section blade core and a thin trapezoidal blade; each marked 'S.Africa'. 86.9 grams total, 39-58 mm
Gifted to 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. -
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 115 grmas total, 21-40 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Boxford Down Stone Age Flint Scrapers and Other Tools
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, circa 6,000-4,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mostly triangular in plan with straight butt; some with inked collector's details 'No.HH', 'Boxford Down', and others. 332 grams total, 43-99 mm
Found Boxford Down, Berkshire, UK. Previously in the collection of archaeologist Frederick William Robins. With handwritten notes.
