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LOT 1119
Stone Age Neolithic Axe and Chisel Group
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 - 5 7/8 in. (560 grams total, 5-15 cm).
Group comprising: a knapped bifacial axe, the cutting edge portion of a finely polished axe and the cutting tip of a finely polished concave edge chisel; all in flint. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
UK private collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Stone Age Neolithic Implement Collection
Circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A group comprising: the substantial tip of a finely knapped bifacial knife/dagger with old collector number '1966'; a small polished chisel with square sides and slightly convex cutting edge and a small axe with tapered sides and deeply convex cutting edge; the first two of Danish workmanship, the third possibly from further south. 130 grams total, 6.7-11.1 cm
Acquired 1990s. Private UK dealer. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Knife
Lower Paleolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Twydall flint knife bearing collector's handwritten inventory id. '1311 I. Twydall'. 66 grams, 60 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Stone Age Twydall Large Flint Core
Lower Paleolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A large Twydall flint core bearing collector's handwritten inventory id. '1779 Twydall'. 994 grams, 11.3 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
