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Description: | Almost complete iron and copper alloy pentagonal-shaped end plate of a knife handle. Probably dating from the first half of the sixteenth century. Length 35mm width 30mm and 7mm thick. Weight 18.16g. The iron strip tang is sheathed on both sides with copper alloy sheeting, the surfaces of which are slightly concave when viewed from the side. Each of the surfaces are gilded and are decorated with a female bust which has been executed with engraved linear lines and cross-hatching. The busts face left on both sides. At the centre of the plate is rivet, flat headed on both sides. The rivet is cleverly disguised by the engraved decoration.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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