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LOT 1720
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper or Core
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
2 7/8 in. (161 grams, 74 mm).
Ovate in plan with a broad cutting edge and a rounded butt, two inked collection numbers '4003/1/25(?)' and '1836 S.N.C 7.82. W (?).' [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1720
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper or Core
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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French Mousterian Stone Age Knapper Flint Levallois Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan, with a bulb at the base; made by Neanderthals. 36.2 grams, 69 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From a private collection. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Beaker Dagger
Beaker Period, 4700-3700 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £160
Lentoid body with finely knapped edges, inked collector's note 'Suffolk. 86' to one side; very rare. 67 grams, 13.7 cm
Found Suffolk, UK, 1986(?). From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three knife blades, including one leaf-shaped. 36.2 grams total, 72-75 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s.
