Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum 73; 6-2; 13
Site: England, staffordshire,burton-on-trent (near),needwood forest,july 1864
Discovery context: woodland
Parish: Burton-on-trent
County: Staffordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SK 17 24
Year of discovery: 1864
Length (mm): 144
Width (mm): 19
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 301
Patina: Green
Surface: Uneven
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: Butt 19mm; Blade 60mm
Description: Rough casting, loop broken and missing, end of butt broken. Central rib on blade, strong stop ridges.
Remarks: Midland Counties Works of Art Exhibition, Derby 1857. No. 3117, Mr. Lucas, proprietor (53).