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Description: | Unidentified object, possibly a knife handle terminal. The object is made from a cast high tin alloy, possibly pewter. The object has a seven sided tube leg which has an old break at one end but no evidence of being squashed or twisted; this leg is 14.1mm long by 10.0mm wide by 9.3mm thick. At the unbroken end is a 'foot' 13.6mm long by 6.2mm wide. The join between leg and foot is flat on one side but on the other six sides the leg narrows as it joins the foot and the join is accented by a raised band. The joint runs straight on two opposite sides and then is angled up to a point at the front and back. The 'sides' of the foot are angled inwards from this joint but the front projects forward into a 'toe' which is broken at the tip. The base is open but appears unbroken suggesting the 'foot' is complete (apart from the missing 'toe'). The metal is a maximum of 2.0mm thick and a minimum of 0.7mm where it can be measured; it weighs 4.94g.The general style and material suggests a post-medieval date. It's similarity to SF-099ED5 which is interpreted as a stop to cover the section between a knife handle and blade suggests this may also be from a knife, perhaps a terminal from the end of a handle.
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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