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LOT 1133
Stone Age Flint Pick Implement
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 7,000 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (150 grams, 13 cm).
Knapped with narrow spike and rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK, early 20th century.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an old identification card.
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Stubby handaxe with old inked legend '2. SS.1275.C / TWYDALL'. 291 grams, 90 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 Twydall Flint Knife
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Flake used as a blade with one long bladed edge; cortex with old inked legend 'N.2029 / TWYDALL'. 22 grams, 73 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. -
Danish Neolithic Flint Axehead
4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Thin-butted and wedge-shaped. 440 grams, 15.9 cm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998.
