Object: Dagger
Classification: Ogival Long Dagger
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Reading Museum,101:50,T.C.B. Collection
Site: England,Berkshire/Buckinghamshire,Bourne End,Dredged from the Thames about 400 yars below the railway bridge in midstream in about 8'6" of water,November, 1950
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Bourne End
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1950
Patina: A very beautiful bright, shiny green. The decoration shows clearly.
Surface: Excellent except where damaged by dredger.
Composition: Bronze
Description: Bent in the middle of the blade by the dredger. Ancient damage around rivet holes.
Remarks: J. Wymer