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LOT 1247
Stone Age Upnor Flint Multiple Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 in. (164 grams, 75 mm).
Formed on a keeled flake with trimming at edges forming crude scraping elements and a boring point; with inked collection number: 'Upnor 42'. [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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Stone Age Upnor Flint Borer Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Formed on a core, trimmed to a point on one edge; with inked collection number: 'Upnor 9'. 258 grams, 80 mm
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. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Hand Axe Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed on a triangular core with two edges trimmed, one finely; with inked collection number: 'TWYDALL / 10.ss.1017.A'. 180 grams, 81 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 French Grey Flint Uniface Handaxe
Mousterian Period, circa 300,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'CHEVRIERE / OISE'. 112 grams, 10.8 cm
Found Chevriere Oise, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
