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LOT 1578
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Scraper and Knife Group
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-600,000 B.P.
3 - 4 in. (336 grams total, 7.7-10.3 cm).
Roughly ovate in plan and triangular in section. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Found Dorset and Hampshire, UK. Ex N Thomas collection, Staffordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s. -
Large Belgian Stone Age Flint Crested Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curved tip, square butt. 86.3 grams, 15 cm
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From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes.
