Loading, please wait...
LOT 1198
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 in. (82 grams, 76 mm).
Likely a crude knife, showing evidence of knapping and retaining a sharp cutting edge. [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.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Stone Age French Bifacially Knapped Chert Lanceolate Axe
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With convex cutting edge tapering to a rounded butt; with inked 'neolithique / bretteville le rabat / hache biface / dec 1981' in four lines. 438 grams, 17.5 cm
Bretteville le Rabet 1991. From an old French collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Neolithic Ceramic Spindle Whorl Group
Circa 6th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Illustrating a range of forms: a coin-shaped example with bifacial floral motif; a domed example; a 'melon' style biconvex whorl with raised ribs; a carinated squared-shaped whorl; each with central vertical hole. 81 grams total, 26-44 mm
From an old family property, acquired before 1980. Ex the Bavarian private collection of K.F. -
Stone Age British Neolithic Knapped Axe
6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Worked bifacially with a lentoid cross-section, tapering profile with convex cutting edge and butt. 383 grams, 15.5 cm
Found Lexden, Essex, 1980s. Property of an Essex gentleman.