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LOT 1597
Stone Age 'Waddesdon' Flint Hammerstone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
(156 grams, 67 mm).
Discoid in plan with abraded surface due to heavy usage; inked label 'N2-14'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lodge Hill Northside, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Illustrated in Westcott Finds book, p.161.
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Two knapped broadly leaf-shaped arrowheads in light brown mottled flint. 4.6 grams total, 30-32 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Three knapped arrowheads, one with tang in light brown flint, two leaf-shaped in light brown flint. 8.8 grams total, 33-37 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age 'South Downs' Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Biconvex in section with narrow butt and old collector's label 'N209'. 76 grams, 73 mm
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