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Description: | A medieval knife or sword pommel. The items takes the form of a stylised rearward looking quarduped, possibly a horse. The faces is defined by crescent shaped white metal plate with an eye, outlined with niello. On the bottom is a silver shield shaped silver mofit with a cross , and again outlined by niello. Its tail points back and its tip is curled over. It stands on an ovalbase. Length 30.1mm, width 23.95mm, thickness 8.75mm, weight 21g. The base is 4.9mm thick and is circular with adiameter of 3.23mm.
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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