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LOT 1225
Stone Age Upnor / Twydall Flint Implement
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (102 grams, 82 mm).
Displaying a crude keeled edge, possibly for scraping; bearing an inked identification 'ss 1267.c / 2.TWYDALL' to one face. [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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