Object: BUCKET, Handle and Staple
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum (151.94),,  presented to Essex Arch. Soc. by Lord Rockwood, 1894.
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Width (mm): Width of Ring: 92
Thickness (mm): Thickness of  Ring: 11 to 12.5 x 11 to 14
Weight (g): 560.79
Patina: greyish green.
Surface: smooth - a few large pock holes on the outside of Loop holding Ring. Ring is very well preserved.
Associations: One of Bronze Founder's Hoard of  16 Socketed Celts, 20 Lumps of Rough Metal, 14 Pieces,of Socketed Celts, 14 small pieces of an earthenware pot. 4 pieces of Rim of Burial Urn,,a pair of Burial Urn Handles, 3 spearheads, 1 chape & part of a Socketed Tool.
Description: The loop appears to have been cast on to the Urn or perhaps hammered also. A portion of the,Urn remains & is visible at both ends of Loop. There are no rivets.,The piece of protruding twisted wire was evidently part of the Urn Rim.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. vi, 172