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Description: | A complete copper-alloy post-Medieval knife end stop dating to the 16th century (length: 27mm; width at base: 11mm; thickness at face: 8mm; weight: 10.0g).
The knife end stop is in the form of a rounded female bust/ head, which is D-shaped in section with very crude facial features including round and recessed eyes (diameter: 1mm) and thin slit mouth (length: 3.5mm). The nose, if it did originally exist, is now completely worn. The stylised hair or headdress protruded upwards in a crescent formation around the face, including a single protruding ridge immediately above the eyes. The bust's neck (length: 4.5mm; width: 4mm; thickness: 4mm) is narrow and sub-oval in section with a platform below. The platform (length: 8mm; width: 11mm; thickness: 7.5mm) is sub-rectangular in plan and oval in section with a single incised line at the base. There is iron corrosion to the left and right sides of the platform as well as a small amount of iron remaining across the central width of the base, where the iron blade would have extended out from. Overall, the artefact is in a worn and poor condition with a patchy light green patina. | 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
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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