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LOT 2923
Gran Pressigny French Stone Age Knapped Long Blade Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (160 grams, 14.7 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan and triangular in section, with one face smooth, knapped to fit a hand grip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the famed and desired region of Gran Pressigny, France.
Ex Chauvais collection, formed in the early 1900s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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LOT 2923
Gran Pressigny French Stone Age Knapped Long Blade Knife
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Gran Pressigny French Stone Age Knapped Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Semi-circular in plan with curved back, rounded butt and chipped tip. 140 grams, 10.8 cm
From the famed and desired region of Gran Pressigny, France. Ex Chauvais collection, formed in the early 1900s. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Thick-Butted Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular-section shank flaring to a broad cutting edge, square butt; a handwritten label reading 'Dr. A.E.Peake coll., Danish Neolithic axe' 190 grams, 13.5 cm
From the collection of Dr A.E.Peake. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate type with plano-convex section. 23 grams, 46 mm
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.
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 wh a relist o emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
