Object: Rapier
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library,Layton Collection 01317,Now in the London Museum
Site: England,Greater London,Chiswick,Opposite Bell and Crown Public House, Strand on Green, 5 feet deep. Thames Ballast.,9th August 1862
Discovery context: river
Parish: Chiswick
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 393
Width (mm): 19
Thickness (mm): 5
Surface: Bronze with black stains, and a little mud adhering.
Other: Width: blade 19mm; hilt plate 43mm
Description: Good condition. 2 rivets (length 14mm). Blade bent.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S., 1962, No. 5, p. 97, 144
Remarks: Trump's III Barnes,OK