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LOT 1096
Stone Age Twydall Proto Handaxe
LOWER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (444 grams, 12.3 cm).
A Twydall flint proto hand axe, bearing collector's handwritten inventory id. to one face '1801 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 Retouched Implement
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A retouched Twydall flint implement bearing a handwritten collector's id. to the body '1433 Twydall'. 364 grams, 94 mm
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 Twydall Retouched Flint Implement
Lower Paleolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A retouched Twydall flint implement, bearing handwritten collector's inventory id. to the body '[ ]B. 1125 C. Twydall'. 149 grams, 70 mm
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.
