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LOT 1230
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Cleaver Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 in. (310 grams, 10.1 cm).
Formed on a heavy triangular cross-section flake with one edge trimmed; with inked collection number: '4K.1096.C / 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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Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Cleaver Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Formed on a heavy triangular cross-section flake with one edge trimmed; with inked collection number: '4K.1096.C / TWYDALL'. 310 grams, 10.1 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.