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LOT 2926
Hampshire Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 in. (161 grams, 99 mm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with broad rounded butt; inked legend 'Privett Hants PAL 170'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Privett, Hampshire, UK.
Ex Martin Doyle collection, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 2926
Hampshire Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lower-Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-250,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan with rounded butt; inked inscription '16/2 S/W, Foum Zguid, Marokko, 89'. 429 grams, 13.5 cm
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Farnham Stone Age Knapped Spearhead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lentoid in section and leaf-shaped in plan with square butt and cortex to rear of upper face. 8 grams, 56 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. -
Hampshire Stone Age Kapped Flint Ficron Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plan and biconvex in section with irregular butt; old inked legend 'N.Romsey Hants'. 350 grams, 14.8 cm
Found North Romsey, Hampshire, UK. Ex Martin Doyle collection, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
