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LOT 1593
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-4500 B.P.
1 - 2 in. (43 grams total, 26-50 mm).
Mainly ovate scrapers with broad edge, some cortex to butt. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bolton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper and Other Tool Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mainly ovate in plan, one with inked legend 'Countess A[...]dow, BDF Feb '91'. 143 grams total, 40-62 mm
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.
