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LOT 1600
Stone Age Flint Scraper
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 33,000-21,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (53 grams, 65 mm).
Cordate in plan with frosted patina, steep re-touch along the tip; marked 'Lamonzie Montastruc (LG) 1967'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lamonzie, France, in 1967.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Formed from a cobble and marked 'Happisburgh March 2019 AP Site 3 by Defences'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 237 grams, 10.3 cm without stand
Found by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, March 2019, near site 3.
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Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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