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Description: | A cast copper alloy scale-tang knife terminal (pommel), probably of Post-Medieval date. The terminal is ovoid in section with two zoomorphic heads, facing away from each other, protruding from the curved edges of the pommel, towards the top of the object. These heads have a protruding snout, together with eyes and nostrils formed from circular incisions, and a mouth formed from an upward curving groove. In profile, the top of the pommel is concave, with a straight ridge running beside the top of each of the zoomorphic heads. These parallel lines continue as grooves running down the front and back of the pommel. Towards the base of the pommel, a rectangular slot holds the remains of an iron scale-tang handle (for the components of a scale-tang knife, see Every and Richards, 2005, p144).The pommel has an incomplete green patina, and where this is not present, the surface has a brown/red appearance. The maximum dimensions of the pommel are 19.2mm wide, 8.9mm thick, and 14.6mm long (16.5mm long when the remains of the iron handle are included). It weighs 10.54gSimilar pommels with two headed zoomorphic designs have been recorded on the database (e.g. see records YORYM-C76793 and YORYM-E112C2). An incomplete scale knife with a copper alloy animal headed terminal has been found associated with ceramics dated from around 1600 to around 1800 in London (see Egan, 2005, p 88) and this represents the most likely date for this object.
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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