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LOT 1468
Stone Age Arrowhead and Tool Collection
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
2 3/8 - 3 3/8 in. (292 grams total, 62-85 mm).
Group of three worked flints comprising a triangular arrowhead, a biconvex blade and a scraper with some cortex remaining. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Massive Stone Age 'Happisburgh Type' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Reputedly one of the largest recorded Happisburgh-type handaxes ever found, a serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe; a proto-handaxe of Wymer's Type C with a large amount of cortex in situ, tip crudely shaped with minimal removal. 1 kg, 15.3 cm
Found Walcott, near Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, by John Craven in 2018. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-6A4F0A. -
Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Scraper Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Triangular-section scraper with old inked inscription '4.SM.1085A / TWYDALL'. 98 grams, 67 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. 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. -
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Collection
Circa 2,500-1,500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including triangular, tanged and ovate types. 18.4 grams total, 23-46 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
