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Description: | A corroded cast copper alloy knife end-cap of probable Post-Medieval date. It is triangular in section with rounded top and trapezoidal in shape with a curved exterior edge and the remains of the corroded iron tang of the knife at the base. Both exterior faces have identical incised decoration. This consists of four equally spaced transverse grooves with vertical grooves at either end, forming a grid of three rectangular panels on each face. The top panel has three additional and equally spaced vertical grooves. At its base the cap has a transverse slot within which are the corroded remains of the iron tang, the rest of the handle and knife now missing due to old breaks. This knife cap measures 17.89mm in width, 15.91mm in height, 6.16mm in thickness, and weighs 5.12g.
Knife end-caps such as this appear in a variety of forms from the 15th century onwards. A number of similar examples are recorded on the PAS database, notably SOMDOR-1B4BE4 and IOW-C3FF93, and date to the 16th or 17th centuries AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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