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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy and lead alloy sword pommel (16th - 17th century). The pommel is discoid - circular in plan, oval in cross-section. It has been constructed in two halves - there is a seam running around the edge. There is a hole in each side where the tang of the blade would pass through. On one side it is a rectangular perforation on the opposing side it is a triangular perforation. The pommel is hollow but weighted suggesting the present of lead alloy with a copper alloy coating. Both surfaces are decorated with a circular border of stamped triangular patterns creating ovals (leaf-shapes) of smooth surface between the stamped pattern. The stamped pattern seems to be a series of zig-zags but this may have been created using a crescent-shaped stamp. The shape of the pommel is slightly distorted.Dimensions: length: 49.42mm; width: 56.27mm; thickness: 28.76mm; weight: 171.39g.Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.
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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