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LOT 1531

Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Deniculate Flake Scraper

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.

2 1/2 in. (35 grams, 64 mm).

Plano-convex in section with inked legend '2 PB. Twydall 1202.A'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Twydall, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
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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LOT 1531

Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Deniculate Flake Scraper

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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