Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of London, 34.285/3,purchased per Mrs. Brett, Chilston, Windsor Forest, Ascot,Formerly G.F. Lawrence who purchased from Greenwell's second collection, sold at Sotheby's on 24th June 1918, lot 422.
Site: England,Essex/Kent,River Thames,Milton,provenance not certain, but earliest documentation appears to be early NBI card which orifinally stated, "Kent, Milton, River Thames" - last line deleted later, see DF for full discussion. This provenance corroborated by Sotheby Sales Catalogue.,Alt. Site: Kent, Milton
Discovery context: river, auction
Parish: Milton
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 65 74
Year of discovery: NA
Surface: Blackish coloured surface all over.
Associations: 9 Undocumented.
Description: Manufacture: hammer marks on surface,Condition: good
Remarks: Labels/Markings: small stuck on label '48',PRBAf: Greenwell MSS Vol 12 - bound and annotated sales cat.: DF (S); SI,Ext.: CI,Rec. SN June 80,Old Card: 1