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LOT 2990
North American Stone Age Bifacial Knife
CIRCA 6000- 4000 B.P.
3 in. (14.5 grams, 76 mm).
Tongue-shaped in plan with broad butt, marked 'U.S.A. KA.05.x'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceWith the desired Hugh Fawcett Collection monogram.
From the collection of a West Sussex, UK, collector.
Dr. Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) was a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The bulk of his collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded some examples. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance makes his pieces readily identifiable.
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LOT 2990
North American Stone Age Bifacial Knife
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Northern Ireland Stone Age Knapped Black Stone Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped in plan and lentoid in section with broad butt; inked legend '53-01-10' and pasted label 'Tievebulliagh'. 290 grams, 14 cm
Found Tievebulliagh, Northern Ireland, 1st October 1953. 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. -
Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan and biconvex in section with scooped forward edge. 34.6 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. -
El Golea Algeria Stone Age Tools and Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a mixed group of knapped tools, mostly leaf-shaped. 60 grams total, 32-58 mm
Found El Golea, Algeria. Ex old German collection of Dr J. Fehkhaber, formed in the 1970s.
