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LOT 1598
Stone Age Flint Scraper and Flake Tool Group
MESOLITHIC-EARLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-5000 B.P.
5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (56.8 grams total, 15-46 mm).
One round steep-sided scraper, a flake tool, and other items. [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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Stone Age 'South Downs' Flint Chisel and Fabricator
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a plano-convex tool with rounded working edge, labelled 'N173'; a biconvex tongue-shaped tool with much usage wear probably for knapping, labelled 'N 172'. 98 grams total, 78-85 mm
Found South Downs, Sussex, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Large Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 444 grams total, 41-65 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Stone Age 'Rollestone Camp' Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Discoid in plan with knapped cutting edge, cortex to the rear; old inked collector's reference '113'. 33 grams, 52 mm
Found near Rollestone Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
