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LOT 1263
Stone Age Flint Knife Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (237 grams total, 39-70 mm).
Comprising thirty knives and some other tools. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Flake Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Formed on s small, thin flake with some trimming to edges; with inked collection number: '6B.1118.A / 4.TWYDALL'. 41 grams, 66 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 Polished Mottled Greenstone Axehead
Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With a broadly wedge-shaped plan and rounded surfaces, convex cutting edge and natural butt; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 729 grams total, 24 cm high including stand
Acquired UK market. Property of a Kent collector. -
Stone Age Danish Type 1b Brown Flint Stiletto Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 2250 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Several inked inscriptions in black to the reverse: 'Denmark / Ex-Richard / Britton / 7-13' and 'HZZ' ALSO '30' AND in white 'CC-70532'. 53 grams, 15.5 cm
Previously with Lord McAlpine of West Green. The property of Richard Britton. From a U.S.A. private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
