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LOT 1476
Stone Age Arrowhead and Scraper Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (9.95 grams total, 27-36 mm).
Comprising knapped leaf-shaped and barbed arrowheads, round scrape with thick butt. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Stone Age Polished Handaxe Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Old French collection. Private collection, London. -
Stone Age Polished Porcellanite Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rectangular in section with mottled polished surface, narrow butt; old collector's label 'N3'. 169 grams, 89 mm
Found Tievebarragh Co., Antrim, Northern Ireland. Acquired from Peter Farncis, in 1979. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N3; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic-Early Bronze Age, circa 6000-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Very fine examples with intricate pressure flaking; in old collector's card tray with padding, inked find spot 'Blesignac' to one edge. 7.23 grams total, 25.4-28.5 mm
Found Blesignac, Near Bordeaux, France, in 1916. Acquired on the European art market. From an old collection which was sold after the finder passed away. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
