Large Belgian Stone Age Long Flint Blade

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.

7 1/2 in. (628 grams, 19 cm).

A light grey-white flint core with blade removals from around the whole; marked 'S.P1' on two faces. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Parisian collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Footnotes

From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. A good example which shows the long flake removals which were then made to make knives, tools and daggers.

CONDITION

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LOT 1498