Object: BUCKET, Handle and Staple
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum (515-94),,  presented to Essex Arch Soc. by Lord Rockwood 1894,(trans. Essex Arch. Soc. NS VI, 172)
Site: England,Essex,Hatfield Broad Oak
Parish: Hatfield Broad Oak
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Width (mm): Width of Ring: 95.5
Thickness (mm): Thickness of Ring: 12 x 11 5,16 x 16.5
Weight (g): 589.13
Patina: light grey or greenish & a few spots of blue. Loop portion (on side) is covered with,pale olive green patina.
Surface: smooth. Traces of light earth or clay.
Associations: One of a 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.
Publications: Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. N.S. vi, 172