Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,W.C. Wells Esq., Sudbury, Harrow, 21.6.20,ex Albert Way's Coll.
Site: England,Thames,Essex,Thames at Barking
Discovery context: river
Parish: Barking
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 541
Width (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 396.9
Patina: Slight greenish bronze patina.
Surface: Smooth, golden bronze showing.
Remarks: Once thought to be Putney, but W. C. Wells subsequently deciphered the old label as BARKING (ex. Albert Way Coll.) Information obtained from W. C. Wells, May 1937.