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LOT 1627
Stone Age 'Grimes Graves' Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
3 - 6 1/4 in. (444 grams total, 7.8-15.8 cm).
Comprising: ovate scraper with broad butt; flint core with evidence of knapping where knives and scrapers have been removed. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceBelieved from Grimes Graves, 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.
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Stone Age 'Antrim' Porcellanite Chisel, Scraper and Burnisher
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising: ovate scraper with inked 'Larne 1972' and '1910-104', '54' to reverse; subrectangular burnisher with inked 'N7'; Broad chisel blade with inked 'M9-102'. 120 grams total, 51-81 mm
Found Tievebarragh, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, before 1979, Larne in 1972, and Glenarm area before 1979. 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. -
Stone Age 'French' Tool Group
Mousterian Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a tongue-shaped scraper with label '206'; an ovate type with traces of cortex, labelled '53'; an ovate type with narrow butt, labelled '55'. 120 grams total, 52-66 mm
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. -
Stone Age Flint Knife on Collector's Board
Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Period, circa 9000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
A hard hammer struck knife blade, mounted on an old card with collector's inscription: 'FLINT KNIFE / THAMES VALLEY GRAVELS'. 12.7 grams, 69 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.
