Beschreibung:

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF ELEVEN PALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC BRITISH AND IRISH FLINT AND STONE TOOLS
To include axe heads, whetstone, all with various collection numbers, most with collection labels largely illegible except for one axe with label inscribed in ink "Found with hammer marked θ when trenching in the *** of Inniscarra House, * given to me by Buchanan Walsh Esq September 1885", whetstone label "Whetstone 65 Co. Antrim" and ball "Co. Antrim"
largest 18.5cm long, smallest 8.5cm long, circular quartz ball 7.5cm diameter
Provenance:
Inness Collection.
J Brown of Salisbury.
P. W. Reynolds.
With print out of an original listing/cataloguing which states:
"An Interesting Collection of Eleven Prehistoric Palaeolithic and Neolithic British and Irish Flint and Stone Tools
With old paper labels detailing find spots and with inventory numbers
Provenance: Ex Inness collection
Ex collection: J Brown of Salisbury
Ex collection P. W Reynolds
A British Palaeolithic 'Coup de Poing' Bifacial Flint Hand Axe Found in the Thames Gravel with old Inness collection label inscribed '38 Coup de Poing Milton St. Thames Gravel' with black inventory no 'A.301' Middle Acheulian
300,000 - 200,000 BC
Size: 9.2cm long- 3½in long
Another Similar British Palaeolithic Flint Hand Axe with black inventory no '302'
300,000 - 200,000 BC
Size: 8.3cm long - 3¼ ins long
A Northern Irish Neolithic Circular Hammer or Pecking Stone with Inness paper label 'Hammer Co. Antrim' and label to the top inscribed '64.350'
Circa 10,000 BC
Size: 7cm diameter - 2¾ ins long
A Northern Irish Neolithic Cylindrical Whetstone of Greenish Black Basalt with white inventory no '351' and two old paper labels from the Inness collection inscribed 'Whetstone 65. Co. Antrim' and 'Neolithic Late Large Whetstone Co. Antrim'
7000 - 6000 BC
Size: 14cm long - 5½ ins long
A Northern Irish Neolithic Axe Head of Black Basalt with white inventory no '352' and old Blue paper label inscribed 'Found in a Ploughed Field Adjoining the Ormeau Bridge, Belfast 305', A red bordered Paper Inness collection label inscribed 'Neos. Late Axe. 563 Belfast. Co. Antrim'
Circa 5000 BC
Size: 14.3cm long - 5½ ins long
A Northern Irish Stone Axe Head with Inness paper label inscribed 'Neos Late Axe 114. Co. Antrim'
Circa 5000 - 4000 BC
Size: 12.8cm - 5 ins long
A Small British Neolithic Stone Axe Head White inventory no '354' and Red Inness collection label inscribed 'Neos Late Axe - Wiltshire'
Circa 5000 BC
Size: 9.5cm - 3¾ ins long
A Small Northern Irish Neolithic Stone Axe with Black collection no '355' an old paper label inscribed 'Near Moira May 1844' and an Inness collection label '71. Neos 805. Axe. Moira Co. Antrim'
Circa 5000 BC
Size: 12.4cm - 4¾ ins long
A Southern Irish Neolithic Stone Chisel an old paper label inscribed 'Found with Hammer Marked Thus When Trenching in the Lawn of Inniscarra House and Given to Me by Buchanan Walsh Esq. September 1885' and an Inness collection label inscribed 'Neo Late Chisel. Inniscarra. Co. Cork' inventory no in white '356'
Circa 5000 BC
Size: 13cm long - 5 ins long
A Rare Large Northern Irish Neolithic Stone Anvil white painted inventory no '357' old Inness collection label inscribed 'Co. Antrim Stott. Coll.'
Circa 6000 BC
Size: 13.2cm long - 5¼ ins long
A British Neolithic Large Stone Axe Head with an old Inness collection label inscribed 'Neos. Late. Large Axe. Wiltshire. 69.' white painted inventory no '358'
Circa 4000 BC
Size: 18.5cm - 7¼ ins long"
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Condition Report:
All with wear from age, burial and excavation. Labels largely faded and illegible
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