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LOT 2853
Staffordshire Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000-3500 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (355 grams, 69 mm).
Spheroid in form with percussion damage to the underside, old onked legend 'Buley 3494'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Buley, Litchfield, Staffordshire, UK.
Ex Martin Doyle collection, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 2853
Staffordshire Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone
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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Staffordshire Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone
Neolithic Period, circa 5000-3500 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Spheroid in form with percussion damage to the underside, old onked legend 'Buley 3494'. 355 grams, 69 mm
Found near Buley, Litchfield, Staffordshire, UK. Ex Martin Doyle collection, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Fontmaure Jasper Neanderthal Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan and triangular in section, tapering ends, concave area with re-touch. 15.1 grams, 59 mm
Found Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Ex collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Swiss Lakes Stone Age Bone Awl
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Long-bone fragment modified with sharpened point; old label 'Dagger [.] / Pin. Swiss / Lakes Pre / Historic [...]'. 21.9 grams, 18 cm
Found Swiss Lakes, 4th December 1899. 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.
