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Description: | A small cylindrical object, cast from copper alloy, which is probably the end cap (pommel) from a sixteenth century knife. The object measures 12.55mm in diameter and 11.81mm in length. It weighs 9.14g. Iron corrosion from the knife blade fills a narrow and shallow slot through the centre of one end. In the centre of the other end there is a circular concave depression, 4.5mm in diameter. Lines of stamped annulets are faintly visible around this depression and on the side of the cylinder. There are also two parallel lines which run around both the top and bottom of the side. The upper surface does not appear to be decorated, although it is largely obscured by iron corrosion. The object has a mid greenish patina with some light grey patches. There are a number of other cylindrical sixteenth century knife end stops on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (e.g. IOW-44F414, BERK-BCEEA1, SF-9073C7) although the decoration on these examples is usually based on incised X-shapes. | Subjects: | End Cap | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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