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LOT 1499
Stone Age Knapped Tanged Point and Scraper Collection
ATERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
1 3/4 - 3 in. (138 grams total, 45-76 mm).
Mainly irregular ovate types with some cortex remaining. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Grotte des Pigeons, Taforalt, Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
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. -
Stone Age French Grey Stone Scraper
Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Ovate in plan with thick butt; old collector's label 'Palæolith[ic] / France'. 53 grams, 58 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Long Crested Blade
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curvature along the full length of the blade. 56 grams, 13.3 cm
Found Dordogne, France. Ex M G Georgen collection. Mr Georgen built up a large collection during the mid 1900s and was sold at auction after his death.
