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LOT 1515
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5 1/4 in. (170 grams, 13.4 cm).
Double-edged with broad edge and square butt, in blue-grey patinated flint. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
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Knapped Arrowhead and Mousterian Chert Borer Group
Mousterian-Neolithic Period, 80,000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including a broad burin, a scaphoid and a triangular arrowhead. 64 grams total, 49-65 mm
The borer found Le Grand Pressigny, France and from an old French collection; the arrowheads found Central France and from an old German collection amassed in the early 20th century. From the family collection of a South East London collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to reverse. 676 grams, 14.9 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. -
Stone Age Votive Pottery Offering Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6500-6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a waisted bowl, bird-head and pierced column. 157 grams total, 42-50 mm
Acquired prior to 1920. From an old Dutch collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
