Code: 2752
Description: A dark grey flint awl, sub-triangular in form, with a well-defined acute point. Some iron staining and some small areas of cortex remaining but a nice example, found at Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Size: 55 mm/2.1 ins. in length
Culture: Neolithic
Date: c. 2000-3500 B.C.
Provenance: Ex F.S. Clark Collection with his collectors mark.
Background: Fred Sydney Clark (1923-2016) ran the Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Quadrant, Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, in the 1970’s-1980’s selling a range of collectables. A passionate collector and field-walker, he built up a fine collection of antiquities, notable for British prehistoric items, a significant number of which he obtained through trade with Dr. H.A. Fawcett. Like Fawcett, he was meticulous in documenting his collection, even the most humble tools were catalogued and fully labelled with locality, accession number and his characteristic monogram.
