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Description: | A cast copper alloy knife end-cap of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 ? c. AD 1600). Length 11.7mm, width 11.5mm and 8.2mm thick. Weight 3.11g.
The cap is in the form of a stylised horse?s hoof. It is oval in cross-section and curves throughout its length. It has a central longitudinal sub-rectangular perforation that enabled a tang to be accommodated. The shoe is defined by a narrow circumferential groove close to the lower flat face. Each side of the hoof is decorated with three deep oblique grooves that slope downwards from the front centre-line. Above the hoof there is a flared element with a flat upper face. At the rear the flared element extends slightly to emulate a fetlock.
Several other knife end-caps in the form of stylised hoofs are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Some of these have indentations on the lower face to represent nails. However, the lower face on this example is plain.
Although this artefact has lost most of its patina it is in fair condition. The surviving patina is dark green.
The hoof has been described as if in a standing position, although it would have been inverted when secured to a knife handle. | 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 | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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