Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest Cat. No. 107,P.C. 68,(15A),No. 15 A is correct in F.B. Cat.
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 155
Edge (mm): 63
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 427
Patina: Even black patina
Surface: Very smooth, shining and even. Metal shows through wear edge. This may have been filed recently.
Other: Width; edge 62.5mm,Thickness: 10.5mm; 28.5mm
Description: Exceptionally well cast and preserved. There is a small rounded shoulder on each side just below the stop ridge.
Remarks: "A printed slip from the sale catalogue of the Borlase Collection attached to this celt bears the words 112 Bronze Paalstab, with excellent patina, said to be Italian. The peculiarly English Type of the specimen however renders this supposition improbable."