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LOT 1217
Stone Age Implement Group
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 - 3 in. (139 grams total, 50-76 mm).
Comprising implements of various types, including a fossiliferous flake, blade, possible scraper and points; Sahara region; box with label reading 'various Aterian tools, Sahara Desert'. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe Jeffrey Mulroy collection of flint artefacts.
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Massive Stone Age Danish Polished Flint Axe
Dolman Period, 3700-3300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Finely polished massive axe with convex cutting edge showing evidence of re-sharpening, tapering with squared knapped sides to a broad rounded butt. 1.29 kg, 30 cm
From a Danish collection, circa 2000. Ex UK collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Stone Age Neolithic Flint Implement Collection
Circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mainly comprising scrapers, blades and cores; some with inked finder/collector notes to one face. 260 grams total, 42-78 mm
From an old family property, acquired before 1980. Ex the Bavarian private collection of K.F. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Likely a proto handaxe; bearing an inked identification '1052 6MG.1852.G / TWYDALL' to one face. 215 grams, 78 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
