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LOT 1555
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
3/8 - 2 1/4 in. (254 grams total including box, 10-58 mm).
Mixed group of points, scrapers and other tools embedded in a foam matrix for transportation. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Chalcedony Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 33,000-21,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Triangular in section with long narrow point; some cortex to butt. 12.4 grams, 65 mm
Found Sougy, Loiret France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From a private collection, acquired on the UK art market. -
British Stone Age Drill Tool from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Piriform in profile with thick median section. 13.9 grams, 54 mm
Found Farnham, Kent, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction. -
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Period, circa 6000-4000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Mounted on a board in a square wooden frame with old collector's label 'Henouville 1951 MA'. 222 grams total, 19.6 x 19.5 cm including frame
Found Henouville, France, in 1951, by a Mr M A. From an old collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
