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LOT 1772

Stone Age British Flint Scraper Group

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.

2 3/4 - 3 3/8 in. (334 grams total, 68-85 mm).

Mainly lentoid-section edged tools, one with inked legend 'Middle Brow B/R' '123'. [4, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found South Downs, Sussex, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection nos.N123,191,207 and 208; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1772

Stone Age British Flint Scraper Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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