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LOT 1534
Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (676 grams, 14.9 cm).
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes.
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Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to reverse. 676 grams, 14.9 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. -
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 9000-7000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Linguiform in plan, lentoid in section narrowing to a straight edge at the broad end. 131 grams, 97 mm
Ex French collection formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
British Stone Age Flint Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Leaf-shaped in plan with broad rounded butt, some cortex. 14.9 grams, 58 mm
Found Farnham, Kent, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction.
