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LOT 1620
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Long Blade Scraper
GRAVETTIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 33,000-21,000 B.P.
5 in. (52 grams, 12.7 cm).
Triangular in section with long swept cutting edge; inked legend 'Le Groze du Tayac (Dordogne)' and old label with same legend. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Le Groze - Du Tayac, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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LOT 1620
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Long Blade Scraper
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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Farnham Stone Age Flint Microlith and Pit-Dwellings Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two groups placed in old labelled matchboxes, one labelled 'Pit-Dwellings.507.' and containing four implements, the other labelled 'Microliths.Primaries. F.G.P. South.' and containing ten microliths with inked Roman numerals. 33 grams total including boxes, 16-48 mm
Found Tilford, near Farnham, Hampshire. Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with 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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
In dark brown flint, an old inked collector's note 'Seven Kings, April [?]3, PAL.130. (monogram)' on one side. 167 grams, 11.5 cm
Found in Seven Kings, East London, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform body in orangey flint, an old handwritten collector's label to one side. 195 grams, 10.7 cm
Found Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, June 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
