Object: Sword
Classification: Leaf shaped
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Christie's Sale, 14. 7. 24.,Rosehill Collection 58. 45/1.,late Earl of Northesk
Site: Switzerland,Swiss Lakes
Discovery context: auction,lake
Country: Switzerland
Grid reference: considered a fake
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 592
Width (mm): hilt 64; 51,blade 48
Thickness (mm): blade 6
Patina: thick patina, dark green
Surface: smooth
Description: The rivets are fastened into dome shaped heads, which are dark golden bronze. The hilt is decorated with rings of raised small bosses. Hilt plates of metal rivetted to blade. the joins show along the edges.
Remarks: considered a fake