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Description: | The objects described below are all 16th century end caps from knives. 1: A solid copper-alloy end cap with a slot at one end filled with the iron from the tang of the blade. This end cap is cylindrical in shape and measures 15mm in length 13mm in width and 12.3mm in thickness, it is 14.07g in weight. The sides are decorated with incised crosses and the end without the slot with an eight pointed star. 2: A solid copper-alloy end cap with a slot at one end filled with corroded iron from the tang of the blade. This end cap is oval in shape measuring 13mm in height 14.7mm in width and 6.1mm in thickness, it is 6.74g in weight. The sides of the end cap have an incised zigzag boarder. Both faces have incised possible numbers, with transverse grooves above and below them. The numbering seems to read '1527,' possibly the date this end cap was made. 3: A solid copper-alloy end cap with a slot at one end filled with the corroded iron remains of the blade. This end cap is cylindrical in cross-section with a larger oval shaped terminal. It measures 9.5mm in length, 9mm in width and 7.3mm in thickness, it weighs 2.38g. The terminal is decorated with eight grooves radiating from a central point. There is a boarder groove around the base of the terminal.
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