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LOT 2817
Massive Danish Stone Age Polished Thick Butted Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
9 1/4 in. (875 grams, 23.4 cm).
Rectangular-section thick-butted axe with a polished surface to the blade, square butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Martin Doyle collection, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 2817
Massive Danish Stone Age Polished Thick Butted Axehead
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan and biconvex in section with scooped forward edge. 34.6 grams, 45 mm
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. -
Icklingham British Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Slender tongue-shaped in plan with tapering end; inked legend 'Icklingham' to one side and number '498' on the other side. 26.2 grams, 85 mm
Found Icklingham, Suffolk, UK. From a private collection. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scrapers and Blades from Dialstone
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 12,000-6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising six implements, five with an inked collector's note. 52 grams total, 37-56 mm
Found Dialstone, Cumbria, UK. From the collection of Mr G.A. From a private collection.
