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LOT 1121
Stone Age British Mesolithic Tranchet Adze
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (93 grams, 11.1 cm).
Flint tranchet adze or 'Thames pick', biconvex in section with square ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
English private collection.
Acquired by inheritance in 2021.
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Large Stone Age Danish Type IIa Knapped Flint Dagger
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Stone Age English and French Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
The group comprising: a leaf-shaped arrowhead with an old ticket 'Neolithic flint arrowhead 2800-1900 B.C.'; a tanged arrowhead' a leaf-shaped arrowhead in pink stone; a flake in grey flint with an old inked collection number 'RN219' to one side; a small leaf-shaped arrowhead with an old handwritten ticket 'from digging trenches in France 1917'. 34 grams total, 25-47 mm
Property of a UK gentleman, acquired in the 1970s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
