Mesolithic Period, circa 12th-7th millennium B.C.. Narrow flaked pick with narrow tapering point and square-section body; with an old handwritten label to one face: 'LAND BOUW / 366 ) WERTUIG' / 'PIC'5 NST'. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 3.1., for type. 248 grams, 15cm (6 inches.).

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]