A Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint knife found in Suffolk

A Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint knife found in Suffolk

Code: 2147

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Description: A grey flint suboval knife with dense white patination, bifacially flaked with a rounded proximal end and a roughly plano-convex cross-section. Some iron staining and a couple of small inoffensive edge chips, otherwise condition good. Found at Brandon Fields, near Lakenheath, Suffolk.

Size: 53 mm/2.1 ins. in length

Culture: Neolithic to Early Bronze Age

Date: c. 3500-1600 B.C.

Provenance: Ex Dr H.A. Fawcett Collection and with his collectors mark.

Background: Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments that eventually numbered some eight thousand items. The bulk of this collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded many pieces in order to improve his collection. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance makes his pieces readily identifiable.

An opportunity to acquire a British artefact from a renown collection put together by an astute and fastidious collector.

UK sale only please.