Dagger and sheath, Iron Age (700BC-43AD) The sheath is made from wood bound with bronze strips, and decorated with four indentations near the hilt guard. The Hallstatt-D type iron dagger originally had a wooden grip decorated with bronze and iron fittings. Daggers similar to this
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5,200 archaeological and ethnographic artifacts including items from UK, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Peru and N. America.
A remarkable collection of 3,500 coins, tokens and medals - Roman, Greek, Indian, American and British.
4,000 maps and prints and 150 framed prints, maps and paintings.
8,000 from the 16th century to 19th century, remain in the collection, together with a small collection of manuscripts and some of Layton's personal papers.
Thomas Layton lived in Brentford, Middlesex between 1826 and 1911... read more
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