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Description: | An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy and iron folding knife handle depicting a hound running on a solid ground line. This ground line is created from a slotted element which holds the blade when closed; much of this latter survives corroded in place. The hound is well-defined, with long fore and hind limbs, ears and tail. Originally the hound would have been chasing a hare and there would have been no division between the two animals. The dog's head has been bent to the side slightly; this may have happened when the artefact was broken. The flat rectangular butt has two raised transverse lines either side at both ends; the terminal ridge is corded. The iron knife blade is retained by an iron rivet in the lower portion. Corrosion products have filled the void between the dog's body and the ground line, and some of the hole between the dog's hind legs and the butt. The majority of the mid-green copper alloy is also stained orange-brown. This form of folding knife is relatively common and those depicting the hare and hound hunting scene are most popular: examples can be found illustrated in Hattatt (1989, 496-497; refs. 242, 243). | Subjects: | Hare and hound | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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