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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy knife end stop. The stop has a trefoil terminal, formed from three , low spread loops. These loops sit above the main body of the stop, which is rectangular in plan and oval in section. To either side of the top of the main body, beneath each outer loop, is a thin horizontal projection, rectangular in section. At the bottom of the main body is a grooved horizontal line that runs the circumference of the object. To the underneath of the stop it is possible to see a shallow split, which presumably fitted with the knife tang. The object is abraded and the original surface survives in patches with a brown patina, otherwise exposed surfaces are light green. The underneath of the stop is dark orangey brown, possibly iron corrosion from the tang 9though it does not register with a magnet). The stop is 17.82mm long, 20.18mm wide, 8.6mm thick and weighs 16.67g. It is likely to be late medieval or post medieval in date.
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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