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LOT 2875
Stone Age Knapped Flint Sickle
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (69.2 grams, 96 mm).
Crescent-shaped body with tapering ends; inked inscription 'Fakenham, Norfolk'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
Private collection of an East Anglian collector.
Ex collection of P. James, Southern England, UK.
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LOT 2875
Stone Age Knapped Flint Sickle
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped edge scraper with old painted legend 'Craiglwyd / Penmaenmawr / 19.8.39'. 255 grams, 14.2 cm
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Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex in section and tongue-shaped in plan, with evidence for eight flaked blades having been removed from the upper face, possibly Greek. 72.8 grams, 92 mm
Gifted to 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 Scrapers and Shards in Display Frame
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
