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LOT 2929
Salisbury Plain Stone Age Polished Stone Macehead Section Group with Handwritten Finder's Note
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (247 grams total, 71-73 mm).
Polished porphyritic macehead fragment, lentoid in section; another from Wiltshire, UK, similar, plano-convex in section; accompanied by an old manuscript note signed by M. Wilkins: 'Neolithic polished hammer or macehead, unfortunately broken; porphyritic green stone, found by me at Fovant on the south border of Salisbury Plain. 1915'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound by M Wilkins on the South border of Salisbury Plain in 1915.
This collection was 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.
Accompanied by an original handwritten note from the finder.
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LOT 2929
Salisbury Plain Stone Age Polished Stone Macehead Section Group with Handwritten Finder's Note
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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Opening Bid: £5
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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.
