Accession No
1948.1675
Description
Iron 'Brown bill' or halberd. Pointed and sharpened spike with a curved billhook and axehead blade beneath and a pointed fluke on the back edge. Closed socket with an open rectangular section with partial wooden shaft kept in place with a rectangular notched rivet incised with an X. Some small holes indicating historic pest action.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England
Period
Post Medieval 16th century
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1675
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
170mm x 450mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
" Brown" bill, the head secured by a single rivet with ornamental head at one end. Remnant of shaft within the socket survives
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'See ['A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries' (1920), by Guy Francis] Laking, Vol. 3, Pl. 194.'
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron 'Brown bill' or halberd. Pointed and sharpened spike with a curved billhook and axehead blade beneath with a pointed fluke on the back edge. Closed socket with an open rectangular section with partial wooden shaft kept in place with a rectangular notched rivet incised with an X. Some small holes indicating historic pest action.
Event Date 16/11/2023
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:45444
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