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Description: | Solid copper alloy knife handle with moulded decoration. The handle has one straight side and one slanting side, terminating in a rounded end below an acorn-shaped knop. There is a protrusion either side of the terminal end, one lower than the other. Above the lower protrusion is a hole, probably for the attachment of a strap or loop. One of the two narrow sides is engraved with the initials and date RD 1598 and the other is plain. On one side there is the figure of a man dressed in close-fitting trousers and short jacket with a belt and a hat. He is standing on what may be a representation of a skin, below which is a raised circular knob or rivet. Above the man the decoration is divided into a separate field by a horizontal line, containing two bows (the lower of which overhangs the line and has a possible bell suspended from it). There is a circular loop above the upper bow. On the other decorated side, the standing figure is a skeleton, holding a long object (possibly a sword) in one hand and a head in the other. The remainder of the decoration is as before, except the upper bow appears to be a more ornate device. The end of the handle towards the blade is broken and there may be traces of an iron blade.
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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