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LOT 1212
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead and Blade Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 3 1/4 in. (183 grams total, 26-81 mm).
Comprising mostly lentoid flint and chert arrowheads, a few tanged, together with a few blades; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [49, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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LOT 1212
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead and Blade Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed on a triangular core with two edges trimmed, one finely; with inked collection number: 'TWYDALL / 10.ss.1017.A'. 180 grams, 81 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Stone Age Danish Type Via Grey Flint Stiletto Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 1500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
To the obverse an inked inscription in white: 'CC-70539', and to verso inked inscriptions in black: Denmark / Ex-Richard / Britton / 7-13' and 'HYY'. 61 grams, 14.6 cm
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Cleaver Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Formed on a thick irregular flake with one edge trimmed; with inked collection number: '1413 / TWYDALL'. 375 grams, 11.3 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
