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Description: | A copper-alloy scale and end cap from a knife probably dating from the late medieval or post medieval period. The integral knife end cap is oval and is decorated with an incised design, possibly heraldic, suggesting that the end could have been used as a seal matrix. This makes the knife a 'seal top knife' and it is very similar to NLM4204. There is a curved neck beneath the end cap and then the object extends into one scale from the knife handle. The outer face is convex, indicating it is the scale and not the tang which survives. There is a groove across the underneath of the end cap where the tang would have fitted. There are three rivet holes along the back of the scale to attach it to the tang and the other scale. It has a light green patina. It is 57.4mm long, 15.5mm wide, and 10.8mm thick. It weighs 11.15gm.The knife also has similarities with YORYM-551AE8 and NCL-29A3A2 which are folding knifes of similar date. They have the same design of 'neck' as this example. It is possible that this knife was also a folding knife. It is likely to date from 1400 - 1700, but no close published parallels have been identified.
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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