Loading, please wait...
LOT 1501
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500 B.P.
1 1/4 - 2 in. (85 grams total, 30-49 mm).
Mainly ovate and triangular types, some with inked 'XA' reference. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound South of Peronne, France.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
British Stone Age Flint Knife from Fulbrook
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With a thick facetted butt and a narrow scooped blade, with inked legend 'Near Fulbrook 1900'. 40 grams, 88 mm
Found near Fulbrook, Maidstone, Kent, in 1900. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction. -
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. 285 grams, 1.7-10.7 cm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface triangular barded and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 31 grams total, 20-29 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.
