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LOT 1734
Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 in. (36.2 grams total, 72-75 mm).
Comprising three knife blades, including one leaf-shaped. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s.
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British Stone Age Knapped and Polished Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With a gently curving blade and square butt, old inked collector's note ' Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk' on one side. 78 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Hammerstone with rounded ends; old typed label 'ENQ:III5, Cherty sand-stone. 1950', 'Trottsford 19/3/50' and others mainly effaced. 310 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Trottsford, Norfolk, UK, on 19th March 1950. From the collection of Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 90 grams total, 23-38 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
