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LOT 1548
Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (71 grams, 63 mm).
Plano-convex in section with inked legend '2 ss.1182.A. Twydall'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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French Stone Age Mousterian Levellious Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £156
With deep orange patination, classic triangular shape; inked legend '2922' to tip. 84 grams, 85 mm
Ex Paris 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.
Made by Neanderthals. -
Stone Age Ryedale Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two knapped arrowheads, both with some retouching. 4.59 grams total, 25-38 mm
Found Huttons Ambro, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, before 13 November 1999. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by two record sheets by Jim Halliday dated 8 February 2000. 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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French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Convergent Tool
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000- 60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Very well formed example with neat retouch leading to a sharp point; milky light blue and cream patina; inked legend to flat face 'MG / Georgean / CM'. 65 grams, 89 mm
Found in the Dordogne, France. Ex M.G. Georgeon 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.
Made by Neanderthals.
