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LOT 2837
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 7/8 in. (196 grams, 15 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with a rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2837
Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint 'Micro-Burins' Collection
Mesolithic Period, circa 15,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of microliths each with pointed end; about 50% with inked annotation. 10 grams total, 12-35 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. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Trapezoidal in plan with worked step to both faces, rounded butt. 89 grams, 65 mm
Gifted to 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. -
Broadness Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Natural flint nodule with a long columnar spur, the lower end knapped to create a handle and blade; inked 'Broadness' legend. 74 grams, 10.8 cm
Found Broadness, Kent, UK. Gifted to 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.
