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LOT 1577
Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 7/8 in. (227 grams total, 53-73 mm).
Each with one worked cutting edge; mostly triangular in section. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bois du Rocher, St.
Helen, Dinan, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Point Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including trapezoidal, scaphoid and other types, some with cortex. 196 grams total, 47-68 mm
Found Central France. Collected in the 1930s. Ex Petra Berhout collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Votive Pottery Offering Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6500-6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a waisted bowl, bird-head and pierced column. 157 grams total, 42-50 mm
Acquired prior to 1920. From an old Dutch collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. 267 grams total, 23-81 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
