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LOT 1219
Stone Age Neolithic Knapped Flint Axe
CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/8 in. (411 grams, 13.8 cm).
Of roughly elliptical form with a shallow triangular cross section and slightly convex cutting edge with rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-1990.
Ex collection of a deceased gentleman by descent to his family.
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Likely a scraper; bearing an inked identification '6.MC.1081.A / TWYDALL' to one face. 92 grams, 67 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 Upnor Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
An early form of hand axe formed from Clactonian flint; handwritten collector's identification label to one face, reading 'Upnor 35'. 275 grams, 10.7 cm
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. -
Stone Age Neolithic Ceramic Loom Weight Group
Circa 6th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two spool-shaped weights and one example with domed ends. 200 grams total, 52-53 mm
From an old family property, acquired before 1980. Ex Bavarian private collection of K.F.
