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Description: | A cast copper alloy collar from a whittle and tang knife of Post-Medieval date. It is square in shape and rectangular in section with one flattened side and one rounded side. At the outer edge is a rectangular slot within which are remains of corroded metalwork, probably from the tang of the knife. The opposite end has a slightly raised outer edge followed by similarly corroded metalwork, perhaps where the handle would have extended upwards. All surfaces are heavily corroded and there is no trace of any survivng decoration. It measures 20.75mm in height, 17.48mm in width, 10.25mm in thickness, and weighs 9.56g.Given the extensive metalwork on both ends of the object it is perhaps from somewhere around the collar of a whittle and tang knife, where the blade and handle meet, rather than acting as a knife end cap. Knives of similar construction are noted in Post-Medieval London (Egan, 2005: pp. 84-94) and these suggest a likely Post-Medieval date in the 16th-17th centuries AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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