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LOT 1223
Stone Age Upnor Flint Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (196 grams, 84 mm).
Likely a perforating implement; bearing an inked identification 'Upnor 37' to one face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
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