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LOT 1576
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/4 - 1 7/8 in. (55 grams total, 30-47 mm).
Including chevron, ovate, triangular and other types. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
From an old Norfolk collection formed during the 1960s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
British Stone Age Bifacial Classic Ficron Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A massive symmetrical piriform hand-axe with cream-coloured cortex, flattened hand edge, and tapering body to a small blade point. 730 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Fareham, Hampshire, UK, circa 1961-1962, by the vendor when he was 16 years old.
This superb specimen fits the adult male hand perfectly, 'like a glove'. -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Borer and Scraper Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Including ovate, plano-convex and other types. 130 grams total, 38-71 mm
Found Cuffley, Hertfordshire and North Creake, Norfolk, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
