Object: Dagger
Classification: Ogival Dagger Blade (With Midrib)
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: N. Staffs. F. C. Museum, Hanley (1927),Rev. J. S. Caddick-Adams, donor,Brampton Lodge,Newcastle underLyme, Staffs.,acquired Sept. 1924
Site: England,Staffordshire,Audley,Bignall Hill Farm,Farmer -Saml. Hickson,"Found of the top of a hill a mile N. of Chesterton,Staffs." (Rev. J.S. C. A.),About 1921
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Audley
County: Staffordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1921
Length (mm): 124
Width (mm): 44
Thickness (mm): 3
Weight (g): 57
Patina: Bright brown, dull golden bronze shows.
Surface: Partly encrusted with corroded green.
Other: Blade 44mm; 33mm; 29mm; 18.5mm,Thickness: blade 3mm; 3.5mm; 2.5mm
Description: Hilt mark shows - a silvery purple stain and in patches on the patina edges.
Remarks: "The farmer was ploughing and struck a hollow and put his hand in and found this among small bones he judged to be human. He does not seem to have investigated much and ploughed over the place." Rev. J.S.C.A., 10.10.24