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Description: | A copper alloy hollow terminal or mount of two part construction. It may be the end cap of a knife, but its function remains uncertain. The object is trefoil shaped with shoulders underneath and a flat bottom edge. The front piece is rounded and in relief with a hollow back. It was originally fixed to a flat back plate of the same shape though the two pieces are now separate. The separation probably happened fairly recently as the patina is missing round the edges. Together, the pieces have a semicircular section. There is no evidence of attachment and it is likely the object slotted onto another element and was glued. The front looks very like a knife end cap but it would be unusual for a knife to have a handle that is semi-circular in section. The ?club? shape suggests a medieval or post-medieval date. The object is 22.9mm long, 19.5mm wide and 7.8mm thick. The metal has a smooth but chipped dark grey patina on the outside, and is more corroded and lighter in colour inside. | 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: | 1066
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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