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LOT 1639
Scandinavian Stone Age Flint Dagger
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (35 grams, 12.1 cm).
With fine parallel flaking, a notch either side at the base, inked old collector's number to one face: 'PHL303'.
ProvenanceFrom the South of Denmark.
Ex R Britton collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two hard hammer struck knife blades, one with old collector's label: 'SCRAPER / THAMES VALLEY'. 46.1 grams total, 58-72 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Solutrean Laurel Leaf Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 22,000-17,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A knapped laurel leaf-shaped point in light grey/brown flint. 38.4 grams, 77 mm
Found Dordogne Region, France. Ex Naboon collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Stone Age Flint Single-Faced Knife Group
Mesolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Three knapped knife blades, one in dark grey flint with some cortex, two pale brown. 22.05 grams total, 43-61 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
