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LOT 1577
Large Stone Age Set of Tools Including a Re-worked Polished Axe from Farlington Marshes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 YEARS B.P.
2 - 2 1/4 in. (106 grams total, 50-58 mm).
Group of three flints, one ovate with rounded edge and two with angled faces, one a reworked fragment; old labels '119' and '102' attached; old collector's label identifying the findspot as Farlington Marshes, Hampshire UK. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Farlington Marshes, Hampshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Ex amateur archaeologist.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1577
Large Stone Age Set of Tools Including a Re-worked Polished Axe from Farlington Marshes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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