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LOT 1430
Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 2 in. (70 grams total, 24-50 mm).
Mainly of triangular profile with small tang. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1430
Stone Age Knapped Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Flint Slug Knife and Javelin Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Teardrop-shaped spearhead with chip to butt, old collector's inked legend '4'; plano-convex scaphoid two-edged blade with old collector's record card. 31 grams total, 68-69 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. -
Stone Age 'Caply' Knapped Flint Discoidal Knife
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge; old inked inscription 'CAPLY' to centre. 190 grams, 93 mm
Found Caply, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Of triangular form each with a broad cutting edge and narrow butt. 387 grams total, 8.4-10.7 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
