Stonehenge Flint Stone Age Scraper with H Prigg's 'HP' Monogram

Leaf-shaped in plan and lentoid in section with light tan colouration shading to a deep amber at the edges. 276 grams, 13.9 cm



Found Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2022. With old Noonans auction lot ticket.

D-shaped in section with an ellipsoid hole at one end, cortex to one face and within the hole. 183 grams, 73 mm



Found Polecats, near Farnham, Sussex, UK, 2nd August 1961(?). Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.

Biconvex in section and triangular in plan with curved butt. 3.68 grams, 42.6 mm



With the desired Hugh Fawcett Collection monogram. From the collection of West Sussex, UK, collector.

Dr. Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) was a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The bulk of his collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded some examples. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance makes his pieces readily identifiable.