Grand tranchet Pink flint
France, Mousterian
Old label indicating "Cergac Mouste…

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Grand tranchet

Pink flint France, Mousterian Old label indicating "Cergac Mousterian 43". l. 14.5 cm

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Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

French prehistory. Mousterian biface. Approx. 35,000 years old. Flint with cream and bluish patina. Length: 14 cm.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

French prehistory. Rare set of Mousterian tools in polychrome jasper from Fontmaure. Approx. 35,000 years old. Twelve pieces. Scrapers, points, retouched blades, burins, drill, nuclei. Probably the finest lithic material from European prehistory. Former French collection. Middle Paleolithic. Typical Final Mousterian with Upper Paleolithic influences. Vellèches site. Vienne, France. Site discovered by L. Pradel in 1938 (Cf. BSPF 1945 42-4-6 pp. 44-93). Max. length: 9 cm.

Estim. 50 - 70 EUR

Natural History - Cased Mineral and Fossil Collection. Comprising: tiger's eye; amber; red jasper with one polished face and old collector's label; pink onyx(?) polished to an egg-shape; sphalerite; titanium bismuth; flint; orange jasper with one polished face an old collector's label; an echinoid fossil; bivalve in flint; a wooden egg-shaped container and others in a wooden case; accompanied by a mounted piece of granite with an old label to base reading 'from Iona Monastery June 1947'. 1.28 kg total, 28.5 x 24 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.). Acquired before 1990s/early 2000s. From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]

Current bid 50 EUR

Pistolet ancien à silex.

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