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LOT 1537
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-4500 B.P.
1 7/8 - 2 1/2 in. (222 grams total, 47-64 mm).
Mixed group of rectangular, ovate and other types, some with 'Tassilly 14' inked notation. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tassily, France.
Ex Petra Berhout collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Acheulian Knapped Scraper/Implement Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including one with cortex to the narrow upper face, and other types. 442 grams total, 7.3-11.9 cm
Found Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
French Stone Age 'Mousterian' Levallois Spear Tip
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Triangular in plan with gently curved butt, lateral facets, 57.5 grams, 89 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
