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LOT 1216
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 in. (183 grams, 10 cm).
Likely a crude cutting and scraping implement; bearing an inked identification '1313 / 1.TWYDALL' to one face. [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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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Stone Age Upnor Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Likely a perforating implement; bearing an inked identification 'Upnor 37' to one face. 196 grams, 84 mm
Found Upnor, 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. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Core
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A flint core, likely showing evidence of the Levallois technique. 819 grams, 11.2 cm
Found 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.
