Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library,Layton Collection, 01315,Now in the London Museum
Site: England,Greater London,Isleworth,Sion Reach,Thames Bed, about 25 yds above........quay, between........ & ferry.,1865
Discovery context: river
Parish: Isleworth
District: Hounslow
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1865
Length (mm): 402
Width (mm): 56.5
Edge (mm): 16
Thickness (mm): 6.5
Patina: Black stains of patina over golden bronze.
Other: Width: blade 16mm; hilt plate 56.5mm
Associations: "Two Rapier blades found in Bed of Thames at Sion Reach, Isleworth, 1865" See No. 01314 of this Collection.
Description: 2 rivets. Slightly bent; good condition.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 96, 119
Remarks: Trump's II Wandsworth,Inacc.