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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]
ProvenanceFound 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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