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Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool
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LOT 1633

Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.

4 1/2 in. (310 grams, 11.4 cm).

Hammerstone with rounded ends; old typed label 'ENQ:III5, Cherty sand-stone. 1950', 'Trottsford 19/3/50' and others mainly effaced. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Trottsford, Norfolk, UK, on 19th March 1950.
From the collection of 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.

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LOT 1633

Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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