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LOT 1715
Stone Age British Worked Flint Scraper Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (548 grams total, 28-58 mm).
Of various irregular forms, some with findspot information. [36, 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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Found South Central Sahara. Ex private French collection formed in the 1960s-1970s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information ticket. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 800,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Stone Age Corded Ware Boat-Shaped Axehead
Late Neolithic Period, circa 2nd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Finely polished in dark grey stone with expanded convex cutting edge tapering to a 'hammer' butt, socket with reserved mouth to receive handle. 676 grams, 19.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12509-231211. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
