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LOT 1232
Stone Age Neolithic Ceramic Loom Weight Group
CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 in. (200 grams total, 52-53 mm).
Comprising two spool-shaped weights and one example with domed ends. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old family property, acquired before 1980.
Ex Bavarian private collection of K.F.
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Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Bifacially knapped axe with convex cutting edge tapering with thin edges to a rounded butt. 545 grams, 20 cm
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Large Danish Neolithic Knapped Flint Axe
Circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Finely bifacially knapped with convex cutting edge tapering with squared sides to slightly rounded butt showing evidence of use as a strike-a-light, patinated; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.3 kg total, 25.5 cm high including stand
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Likely a perforating implement; bearing an inked identification 'Upnor 37' to one face. 196 grams, 84 mm
Found Upnor, 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.
