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LOT 1599
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead and Implement Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5/8 - 2 1/2 in. (63 grams total, 17-63 mm).
Including tanged and lanceolate arrowheads, scrapers and other types. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the African Sahara region.
Acquired from a Scottish auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-22,000 years B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
A knapped lozenge-shaped bifacial tool in light grey flint. 38 grams, 94 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection formed in the early 1900s. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
British Stone Age Flint Blades from Farnham
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Group of three microliths, linguiform in plan. 5.26 grams total, 36-41 mm
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
British Stone Age Turtle Back Flint Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Plano-convex in section with intricate retouch around the majority of the piece; marked to the underside 'FP 1921 Fullbrook Farm'. 47.8 grams, 55 mm
Found Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
Named 'Turtle Back' due to the whole top being worked into a dome. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
