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LOT 1613

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

STONE AGE 'FRENCH' TOOL COLLECTION
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 3/4 - 3 in. (115 grams total, 45-74 mm).

Comprising: grey flint woodworking tool with label 'tranchet / travail du bois / Néolithique / 3500 ans'; ovate scraper with label 'Grattoir / Néolithique / 4000 ans avant J.C. / Région Meaux'; small hair-scraper with label 'Magdalénian / Les Eyzies Dord. / Grattoir / Travail des peaux'. [3, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found various sites in France.
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.

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