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Description: | A cast copper alloy zoomorphic knife end cap or terminal of Post-Medieval date. It is oval in section and in the form of two stylised animal heads facing away from one another. The heads have protruding curved snouts and slightly open mouths, with eyes and nostrils formed of small circular incisions. Extensive incisions and tool marks are visible beneath the mouths that create a slight constriction to represent the necks of the animals. Similar areas of incision are present between the two heads and extend almost the the base of the terminal to more clearly separate the two heads. Around the base of the terminal is an incised circumferential groove. Part of the now corroded iron tang of the blade survives within an incised transverse slot on the bottom face of the terminal, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The end cap measures 14.89mm in height, 17.52mm in width, 8.93mm in thickness, and weighs 9.52g. This end cap is from a scale-tang knife of Post-Medieval date. Similar examples are recorded on the PAS database, notably from Norfolk (NMS-877601 and NMS-6C0E91), Suffolk (SF-EE79C2), Staffordshire (WMID-502A37) and elsewhere. These indicate a date in the 16th or 17th century for the current example.
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