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LOT 2908
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 1/2in. (180 grams, 13.9 cm).
Tongue-shaped in plan with one rounded and one flat end.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2908
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Suffolk British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blade Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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North American Obsidian Lance Point
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Opening Bid: £5
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Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D-shaped in plan with squared edge and rounded butt. 24.4 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.
