Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library Layton Colln. 01179.,Now in The London Museum.
Site: England, greater london,battersea,bed of thames towards the surrey shore, opposite cadogan pier, chelsea.,decm. 1865
Discovery context: river
Parish: Battersea
District: Wandsworth
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1865
Length (mm): 148
Edge (mm): 53
Patina: dark blackish green. mostly chipped off. showing slate-black beneath & a lighter green - (corroded.).
Surface: smooth
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Shield shaped hollow below stop, inside the hollow are 4 slight ribs, 2 longer in the center, and two shorter on the sides.,Below the shield is a thin, midrib decoration  with a very slight "S" shaped curve that runs about halfway down face of blade and tapers to a point.,Slight side ridges.,Blade slowly widens below shield to edge.  Edge slightly crescent-shaped.,Flanges somewhat decayed.,Stop socket indented and curved.,Septum floor concave.
Description: Slight cast marks.