Product Description
Neolithic period c.4000-3200 B.C. A large & excellent Neolithic flint Saw / Scraper found in the early 20th Century at the very famous Prehistoric site of Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France. Ex. Maurice Chevais Collection [Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) was a French composer and Inspector of School music teaching in Paris, a pioneer in the history of music teaching in fact and keen collector of French Lithics]. His huge prehistoric collection was amassed from 1910-1935 on his regular visits to the family home near Le Grand Pressigny. This attractive scraper is fashioned from the most attractive Honey / Toffee coloured flint, so synonymous with the area. Largely flat underside but worked on upper surface to form a distinct medial ridge with slightly denticulated blade edges being fashioned either side so could have been used for sawing, cutting or scraping hides to make clothing. Totally intact and in excellent condition with a lovely "old collection" shiny surface patina, A good sized Neolithic flint Saw / Scraper from both a very notable location and collection, Approx. 97mm long x 65mm at widest x 20mm at thickest
