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LOT 1561
Stone Age Flint Debitage
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P. OR LATER
3 in. (89 grams, 78 mm).
Triangular in plan with two old collection notes '4307/1/28' and 'SNC 1.83 W.G.S.' [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 1561
Stone Age Flint Debitage
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 Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade Group - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two blades made from bluish-white flint, and one made of dark blue-grey flint. 18.3 grams total, 48-52 mm
Found at Fourneau du Diable, Bourdielles Dordogne, an important Upper Palaeolithic prehistoric rock shelter. Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908). Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period. Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England. Ex J Weston Smith. Each accompanied by an illustrated collector's information card. -
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, 4500-3500 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Barbed and tanged type with square ends to the tang. 5.18 grams, 42 mm
From the collection of a late Buckinghamshire gentleman, formed from the 1960s. -
Framed Northern Ireland Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead and Tool Collection
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, circa 6,000-4,000 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, tanged, lozenge-shaped, a curved dagger, and others; set in a glazed box frame. 1.1 kg total, 35.5 x 35.5 cm includimg frame
Found Northern Ireland, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
