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LOT 1653
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (63.7 grams, 63 mm).
Rectangular in plan with a rounded butt, two inked collection numbers '1840 SNC 3.82' and 'WGS 4000/1/28'. [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 1653
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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French Stone Age Triangular Mousterian Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 250,000-150,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in profile with a narrow butt and a wide blade; attributed to Homo neanderthalensis. 190 grams, 96 mm
From the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. Acquired from the art market in the 2020s. -
French Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan and triangular in section with some cortex to the upper face; inked legend 'St.Meme / Charente / Biface Abbevillien' 286 grams, 11 cm
From the well-regarded site of St Meme, Charente, France. From the collection of a Belgian gentleman. Acquired from the European art market. -
Farnham Stone Age Flint Microlith and Pit-Dwellings Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two groups placed in old labelled matchboxes, one labelled 'Pit-Dwellings.507.' and containing four implements, the other labelled 'Microliths.Primaries. F.G.P. South.' and containing ten microliths with inked Roman numerals. 33 grams total including boxes, 16-48 mm
Found Tilford, near Farnham, Hampshire. Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
