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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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Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Scraper and Knife Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Roughly ovate in plan and triangular in section. 336 grams total, 7.7-10.3 cm
Found Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
