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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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Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Likely a scraper; bearing an inked identification '6.MC.1081.A / TWYDALL' to one face. 92 grams, 67 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 Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Finely polished in grey-green stone with asymmetric convex cutting edge curving to circular collared 'hammer' butt; pierced centrally to receive wood haft with shallow raised collar to underside. 565 grams, 13 cm
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London collector. -
Stone Age Upnor Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Likely a perforating implement; bearing an inked identification 'Upnor 37' to one face. 196 grams, 84 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.
