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Description: | Post medieval knife cap; cast copper alloy knife cap of 16th century date. The cap is shaped like a horse's hoof with a small section of leg. The oval, cylindrical section which forms the hoof is decorated with six circular indents to represent the shoe nails. There is a V-shaped nick at the back to represent the 'frog'. At the other end of the cylindrical hoof section, there is a further, wedge-shaped section which represents the bottom of the horse's leg. The remains of what was presumable the back end of the iron blade can be seen emerging from the bottom of the cap.Length 16.8mm, width 14.0mm, thickness 9.0mm, weight 8.57gRefs: Compare other examples on the database such as HESH-4F60D7 and SF-E8A4B6.Egan 'Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition (pp. 93, no. 398)
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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