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LOT 1103
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement with Convex Retouching
LOWER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (66.6 grams, 67 mm).
A Twydall flint implement with convex retouching; handwritten collector's inventory id. to the body 'A 2007 Twydall'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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LOT 1103
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement with Convex Retouching
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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