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LOT 1513
Stone Age Flint Scraper Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 - 3 3/8 in. (91 grams total, 33-86 mm).
Comprising: two scrapers, two flakes from a core and two Bann flakes from Ireland; all with old collector's cards and inked catalogue numbers. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
Accompanied by old handwritten identification cards.
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