Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum 4283.22,Deposited on loan by Mr. C. H. Butcher 1922.
Site: England, essex,grays thurrock (near),about 1870
Parish: Grays
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1870
Length (mm): 165
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 51
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 432
Patina: Light greeny blue and fawn colour. Brown patina on under side of Right wing and on the reverse of specimen.
Surface: Very much corroded with warty patina. Very rough and heavily encrusted with what appears to be iron - (patches of rust).
Other: Width: edge 50.5mm; middle 26-25mm; butt 22mm,Thickness: 30mm; 9mm; 9.5mm; 26mm,Weight 432.33 gms
Associations: Found with another No. 4282.22.
Description: The bump at A is thick and roundish, and 7mm wide on side. Wings on left side are broken.