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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy scale knife stop of post-Medieval date (1500-1600).The stop is in the form of a pair of integral addorsed horse hooves. Moulded calkins and nails are represented by four punched holes on both. The base and the hooves are oval in cross-section. On the underside of the base are the remains of an iron tang measuring 12.0 x 2.7mm. The copper alloy element has a patchy matt green patina and the tang is corroded19.8 x 20.4 x 9.7mm. Weight: 13.42g.similar knife stops are illustrated in Read 2001, 88, fig. 56, refs: 650-652.
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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