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LOT 1649
Stone Age Flint Round Steep-Sided Scraper Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (43.4 grams total, 27-38 mm).
Five scrappers knapped in light to dark drown flint, one round, others ovate. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames Valley in the 19th century.
From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1649
Stone Age Flint Round Steep-Sided Scraper Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two arrowheads, one ovate and one with rounded base. 3.35 grams total, 25-33 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Finely knapped on all four edge in light brown flint, with inked old collector's inscription to verso: 'ST ACRES / 136'. 26.7 grams, 57 mm
Found near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Ex collection of P James, South England. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Nordic Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2000 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey. 663 grams, 18 cm
Ex Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
