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LOT 1576
Stone Age Tool and Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 2 3/8 in. (127 grams total, 16-60 mm).
Including miniature pointed tools, discoid scrapers and other tools, mounted on stands. [21, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Stone Age 'Wanel' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Irregular rectangle in plan with squared ends, old inked legend 'WANEL' to one face. 166 grams, 94 mm
Found Wannel, France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, 4,000-2,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Narrow lentoid-section blade with remains of cortex to the base; repaired. 42 grams, 15 cm
Formerly in the collection of Lars Otto Johan Holst (1863-1936), a veterinary surgeon who was active in Ronneby, southern Sweden from around 1887. with Skanes Auktionsverk, 31 May 2014, no. 464 [Part]. -
Stone Age Ground Stone Pestle
Neolithic, circa 10th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cylindrical in profile with tapering conical ends; mounted on a base. 939 grams total, 25.1 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.