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LOT 1516
Stone Age Touvent Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 - 3 in. (330 grams total, 47-76 mm).
Some with cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Touvent'. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Touvent, France.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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