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LOT 1545
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (250 grams total, 20.6-68 mm).
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. [14, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
3rd-2nd millennium B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Finely knapped and polished tongue-shaped blade embedded in a more recent antler handle with chisel finial. 134 grams, 23.1 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Long Crested Blade
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curvature along the full length of the blade. 56 grams, 13.3 cm
Found Dordogne, France. Ex M G Georgen collection. Mr Georgen built up a large collection during the mid 1900s and was sold at auction after his death. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Blade
Mesolithic Period, circa 9000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with cortex to the thick back, lateral pitting. 129 grams, 10.3 cm
Found near Norwich, Norfolk. From an old Norfolk collection formed during the 1960s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
