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LOT 2848
Icklingham British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 in. (12.8 grams, 53.5 mm).
Rectangular-shaped in plan and plano-convex in profile, with rounded ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Icklingham, Suffolk, UK.
From a private collection.
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LOT 2848
Icklingham British Stone Age Knapped Flint 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 Knapped Ovate Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaphoid in plan with pencilled 'Water Lane 6' notation. 12.3 grams, 57 mm
Found Water Lane, near Farnham, Surrey, UK. 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. -
North American Stone Age Bifacial Knife
Circa 6000- 4000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped in plan with broad butt, marked 'U.S.A. KA.05.x'. 14.5 grams, 76 mm
With the desired Hugh Fawcett Collection monogram. From the collection of a West Sussex, UK, collector.
Dr. Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) was a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The bulk of his collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded some examples. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance makes his pieces readily identifiable. -
El Golea Algeria Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With narrow rounded butt and an eccentric curved cutting edge. 111 grams, 85 mm
Found El Golea, Algeria. Ex old German collection of Dr J. Fehkhaber, formed in the 1970s.
