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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]
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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3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Triangular in form and plano-convex in section with scooped upper edge and two drilled eye-holes. 2.27 kg, 25 cm
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lozengiform in section with inked legend '1361. 1.Twdall' [sic]. 57 grams, 67 mm
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. -
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Period, circa 6000-4000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Mounted on a board in a square wooden frame with old collector's label 'Henouville 1951 MA'. 222 grams total, 19.6 x 19.5 cm including frame
Found Henouville, France, in 1951, by a Mr M A. From an old 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.
