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LOT 1740
Stone Age British Worked Flint Arrowhead and Boring Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 - 2 1/2 in. (99 grams total, 26-62 mm).
Including barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, burins, leaf-shaped blades and other items. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983.
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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LOT 1740
Stone Age British Worked Flint Arrowhead and Boring Tool Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Stone Age Flint Pick from Spiennes
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Triangular in section with narrow point to each end, grey-white silicious material with some traces of cortex; two inked findspot legend 'SP / I' for 'Spiennes'. 205 grams, 18 cm
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Prehistoric Skull Replica
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £215
With rounded brain-pan, articulating mandible; perhaps Homo habilis, an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago. 1.54 kg, 20.2 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Chisel Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Flint blade of above-average length and slimness (so-called "hache-ciseau") with almost parallel sides and circular cross-section; rounded cutting edge, roughly hewn, blunt neck; longitudinal grinding marks from manufacture, surface polished towards cutting edge; greyish stone (silex) with light spots; originally attached to a wooden handle, possibly with intermediary lining made of antler. 96 grams, 15.2 cm (198 grams total, 19 cm including stand)
Inscription on object: "247 48-11 Seine à Villeneuve St.Georges" Île-de-France. Private European collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
