Object: Tweezers
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,A. Leslie Armstrong, Esq.,14 Swaledale Rd., Sheffield
Site: England,Norfolk,Weeting,Grimes Graves (Floor 85),17 Sept. 1920,Found by the owner on edge of bronze age hearth 9 ft. below present surface. Similar to fig. 299, Evans' "B.A.I."
Parish: Weeting
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1920
Length (mm): 48
Width (mm): 3
Edge (mm): 5
Weight (g): 2
Patina: Deep brown patina and flecked apple green. Lustrous patina.
Surface: Smooth
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: edges 5mm; at bend 2.5mm,Weight: 2.33 gms
Associations: Bronze Age pottery (Identified by R. Smith Esq, FSA) and charcoal, animal bones, flint implements, rubbing and polishing stones, sandstons, and whetstone.
Description: Metal perfectly preserved and spring is well retained. Edges have been rubbed perfectly true.