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Description: | Cast copper alloy post medieval knife stop. This stop is in the form of an animal?s head, probably a dog, with its mouth open. It is crudely rendered with a subrectangular head on a subrectangular neck. The slightly pointed muzzle of the dog is moulded with a slightly upturned nose and upturned lower lip. Between nose and lower lip are two horizontal grooved lines that define a central protrusion, which may be a tongue. Two indented circles represent the eyes, otherwise there are no other features. The neck is plain. All that remains of the iron tang of the knife, is some iron corrosion to the underneath of the neck
The stop is 14.66mm long, is 14.5mm wide and weighs 9.68g. Where the original surface survives it is dark green. Exposed surfaces are light green and brown. It dates from the 16th or 17th century. A number of similar examples are recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, such as another example from Essex, record ESS834DE1, and the Isle of Wight IOW8F8DC7. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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