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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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