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LOT 1213
Stone Age Flint Implement Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 3 3/4 in. (634 grams total, 24-94 mm).
Comprising a group of mixed stone implements, mostly in flint or chert and knapped, including blades, scrapers and points; some broken and probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Massive Stone Age Flint Cobble Stone Cleaver
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 400,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Near circular flake from a rounded flint cobble with some trimming around the perimeter; with inked 'SANDY LANE TIDDINGTON OXFORDSHIRE' find spot note; with custom-made display stand. 782 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand
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Stone Age Flint Tanged and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly mixed types of flint and chert arrowheads, including leaf, tanged, barbed and tanged and hollow base types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 73 grams total, 25-48 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age French Ovate Flint Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Bifacially knapped with slightly asymmetric point and rounded butt; with inked 'Villiers sl Tholon / (Yonne) / Les Tuileries / Mr Thomas' find spot note. 233 grams, 95 mm
Found Villiers sl Tholon, Les Tuileries, France French private collection. Accompanied by a copy of the French cultural passport no.226712.
