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LOT 1583
Worplesdon Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (310 grams, 13 cm).
Biconvex in section with narrow butt, curved cutting edge, cortex to butt; old inked legend 'F[.] / Whitmoor Common Worplesdon / 17-6-51'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Worplesdon, Surrey, UK, on 17th June 1951.
From the collection of 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.
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