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LOT 1596
Stone Age Neanderthal Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (40 grams, 71 mm).
Linguiform type, plano-convex in section with square butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
From a private collection of a French gentleman, which was sold by his family at auction after his death.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Scaphoid in plane and lentoid in section with thickening towards the butt, made from flint with a deep colourful patina. 118 grams, 11.2 cm
From a collection purchased on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
British Stone Age Flint Blade Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Made on a long flint blade with some original cortex; intricate re-touch on the nose. 30 grams, 85 mm
Found Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901. 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 to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
