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LOT 2919
La Grande French Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (117 grams, 71 mm).
Biconvex in section with parallel edges and rounded ends; inked legend 'La grande, Piece Aunt 197?'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom La Grande, France, 1970.
From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family.
From a private collection.
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LOT 2919
La Grande French Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Knife
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Broadness Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Natural flint nodule with a long columnar spur, the lower end knapped to create a handle and blade; inked 'Broadness' legend. 74 grams, 10.8 cm
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan with a sharp point, inked inscription '50 O, Ouarzazate, Marokko, 95'. 1 kg, 20 cm
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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.
