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Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper
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LOT 1570

Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper

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

2 5/8 in. (57 grams, 67 mm).

Lozengiform in section with inked legend '1361. 1.Twdall' [sic]. [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 1570

Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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