Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,Presented by Henry Lauer Esq.,"Nearly the whole of the hoard was purchased by the British Museum from Mr. Benton and a notice was read at the S.A. London by Mr. Read. This Celt and some lumps of Bronze were kept back by the workmen and I purchased them today." (H. Lauer)
Site: England,Essex,Shoeburyness,in a Brickfield (a founder's hoard)
Parish: Shoeburyness
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1895
Length (mm): 98
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 56
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 248
Patina: Emerald green patina shows through the clay which nearly covers it.
Surface: Fairly smooth.
Other: Width: edge 56mm; socket 40.5mm,Weight: 248.06 gms
Associations: One of a Founder's Hoard.
Description: The decoration is not very clear.