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LOT 2888
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (115 grmas total, 21-40 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx UK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 2888
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Yonne French Stone Age Levalliois Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with delicate re-sharpening, rounded butt. 25.5 grams, 55.8 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.
Made by Neanderthal man. -
Farringdon Stone Age Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in section with flat butt and irregular tip; old inked label 'Farringdon'. 35 grams, 90 mm
Found Farringdon, London Borough of Islington, UK. This blade was 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. -
Aylesford Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plan and biconvex in section; inked legend 'Aylesford' in two places and '1[.]12' date. 392 grams, 12.3 cm
Found Aylesford, Kent, UK. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
