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LOT 1766
Stone Age English Flint Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.P.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (3.22 grams total, 20-29 mm).
Barbed-and-tanged and lanceolate types, each with findspot. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dorset/Hampshire, UK.
Ex N. Thomas collection, 1970s-1980s.
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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Stone Age British Flint Arrowhead
Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Period, circa 2nd-1st millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Plano-convex in section and triangular in plan with short tang and barbs; old inked find spot 'Botley/Hants'. 2.97 grams, 42 mm
Found Botley, Hampshire, UK. Ex old UK collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Danish Flaked Thin-Butted Flint Axe
Late Passage Grave-Early Dolmen Period, 3900-3000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rectangular in section with asymmetrical rounded butt, worked rounded edge. 629 grams, 20.5 cm
Acquired from a Swedish auction house. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. Accompanied by a copy of the Swedish Cultural Heritage Board export licence. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Lozengiform in section with broad butt. 699 grams, 13 cm
Found Northern Sahara. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
