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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast lead alloy knife or dagger handle with the remains of wood, probably dating to the Post Medieval period, between AD 1550 - 1750 (length: 78mm; width: 31mm; thickness: 15mm; weight: 57.5g).The hollow knife or dagger handle is sub-rectangular in plan and mostly sub-oval in section. At the rounded and slightly incomplete handle tip, there is a circular hollow opening, where the remains of wood (probably) are visible and appear to continue further down the hollow centre as wood remains are also visible at the opposing end where the opening is now rectangular in shape. The handle is it its narrowest point at the rounded tip, thereafter it expands outwards slightly to form an oval section. The majority of the handle is decorated with a multiple ribbed and pellet design, with each of the approximate thirty-two lines of this design running around the artefact widthwise and to both sides, with alternating lines slightly more prominent than the others. As this decoration reaches the flared guard of the handle at the opposing end, these ribs increase in size to become larger protruding ribs, which do not appear to be decorated. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a light cream/ grey patina.
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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