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LOT 1961
Stone Age Knapped Flint Chopping Tool
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250,000-150,000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (271 grams, 93 mm).
D-shaped in profile, cleaver with thick rear edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Stonehenge Knapped Flint Tool Group
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Found by the vendor's great-grandfather, Henry Earle Wilkinson, in the late 19th century; thence by descent. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Palaeolithic Period, 300,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Piriform type, lentoid in section with inked findspot 'Kervouter (29)'. 29.1 grams, 49 mm
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