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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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LOT 1548
Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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