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LOT 1254
Stone Age Upnor Flint Borer Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 1/8 in. (258 grams, 80 mm).
Formed on a core, trimmed to a point on one edge; with inked collection number: 'Upnor 9'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Formed on a slightly curved flake with one sharpened convex edge; with inked collection number: '1.1343 / .TWYDALL'. 73 grams, 84 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. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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