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Description: | End-cap from a knife, made from thin copper-alloy sheet. It was originally drop-shaped in cross-section, and this is the shape of the plate at the far end of the knife, but the sides which extend part of the way down the handle are now bent and distorted. The end measures 23 x 14.5 mm and has a central hole, probably for a rivet. It is decorated with fine engraving which has now almost corroded away. A border can be seen, and two zones of oblique lines, with curvilinear engraving in between. There is engraving in similar condition on the sides of the end-cap, which appear to consist of a single piece of sheet wrapped around the handle, with seams perhaps soldered together. A human head and shoulders can be made out on one side and more tentatively on the other; the clearer head would have been the right way up when the knife was held with the blade downwards. There appears to be a halo around the head, indicating the figure of a saint, and there is a double grooved border around the bust. The end-cap is in fragile condition, perhaps partly held together by the soil inside. 15th century.
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