Object: Rapier
Classification: Trump's III Barnes
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Brentford Public Library, Layton Coll’n, O1320,now in London Museum
Site: England,London,Hammersmith,off Hammersmith Mall, a few yds. [metres] from shore, beneath 7feet [2m] of ballast. Thames,Sept. 1862
Discovery context: river
Parish: Hammersmith
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 358
Width (mm): hilt plate 39
Edge (mm): blade 16
Thickness (mm): blade 5
Patina: dirty brown. almost black
Other: Bottom left of card says “inacc.”.
Description: 2 rivets (11mm long). Blade encrusted with lime.
Publications: B.A.V. Trump, P.P.S. 1962 No. 5, p. 97,151