Object: Sword
Classification: Hallstatt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Viscountess Gage,Submitted by Mr. Anthony H. Packe,Tile House,Dropmore Road,Burnham, Bucks.,August 1953
Site: England,Buckinghamshire,Taplow (Thames at),See also preceding card - apparently same sword.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Taplow
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1936
Length (mm): 719
Weight (g): 711
Patina: Dull bronze with large areas of black particularly on and near hilt. Some recent scraping on both faces.
Surface: Matt
Composition: Bronze
Description: Bronze sword of Hallstatt type in good condition. Nine rivets with "cap & pimple" heads. Two rivet holes at extreme broken end of hilt. Slight bend about 7 ins. from end of blade.
Remarks: Presented to Lord Desborough (Lady Gage's father) by the Conservators of the River Thames.,Dredged up in 1936