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LOT 1125
Stone Age Twydall Flint Knife
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
2 7/8 in. (22 grams, 73 mm).
Flake used as a blade with one long bladed edge; cortex with old inked legend 'N.2029 / 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.
The Twydall finds are discussed in F.R. Beresford Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection in Lithics Vol.39, 2021.
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Substantial triangular-section core with cortex to the surface; old inked legend '1803 / TWYDALL'. 430 grams, 12.5 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. -
Stone Age Flint Knife Blade and Implement Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising thirty knives and implements. 170 grams total, 30-68 mm
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Side-scraper with much cortex remaining; with old inked legend '8 SN1049.C / TWYDALL'. 365 grams, 11 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.
