Object: Rapier
Classification: Trump's III Barnes
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library, Layton Coll’n, O1316,now in London Museum
Site: England,London,Hammersmith,off Hammersmith Mall, a few yds. [metres] from shore, beneath 7feet [2m] of ballast. Thames,Sept. 1862
Discovery context: river
Parish: Hammersmith
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 405
Width (mm): hilt plate 42.25
Edge (mm): blade 20.5
Thickness (mm): blade 6,5.5
Patina: dirty brown, some black
Description: Good condition. 2 rivets (longest 16mm)
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S. No. 5 p. 97; 150 O1313 in List