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LOT 1506
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper and Other Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-4500 B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 1/2 in. (143 grams total, 40-62 mm).
Mainly ovate in plan, one with inked legend 'Countess A[...]dow, BDF Feb '91'. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Bagthorpe, Norfolk, UK, in the 1920s and earlier(?).
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1506
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper and Other Tool Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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