Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library,Layton Collection 01318,Now in the London Museum
Site: England,Greater London,Wandsworth,nearly opposite Feathers Public House,Thames ballast,6 August 1863
Discovery context: river
District: Wandsworth
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1863
Length (mm): 382
Width (mm): 53
Edge (mm): 19
Thickness (mm): 4
Patina: Dirty greyish-black. Golden bronze mostly.
Description: Good condition. Bent in middle. Rounded rib in centre. Edge bent back at A. Golden bronze colour. 2 rivets.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 96, 125
Remarks: Trump's II Wandsworth,Inacc.