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LOT 1143
Stone Age 'Suffolk' Flint Implement
EARLY LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 712,000-524,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (130 grams, 82 mm).
A scraper or small chopper from the Cromerian-Anglian Interglacial Period, with inked inscription 'PAKEFIELD CLIFFS / SUFFOLK'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Pakefield Cliffs, Suffolk, UK.
Ex British collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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Large Stone Age French Flint Polished Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Substantial leaf-shaped blade with carefully worked and polished surface, rounded butt, some remains of cortex to one face. 811 grams, 20 cm
Found Clion, Indre, France. Ex old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Flint Microlith Group
Circa 7th-4th millennium B.CSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising thirty-seven microliths. 26 grams total, 14-20 mm
Found at the foot of Perry Hill, London SE6 in 1922. Ex private London, UK, collection. -
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Stone Age 'Norfolk' Oval Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Heavily knapped form, dark drown in colour with inked inscription: 'NORTH / NORFOLK / 1930-60'S'. 10.59 grams, 40 mm
Found North Norfolk, UK, 1930-1960s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip.
