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Description: | A cast copper-alloy end cap (terminal) from a scale-tang knife of post-medieval date. The terminal is in the form of a horse's lower foot. It is curved with an oval cross-section. The foot is flat apart from a pair of raised elements at the rear. The frog is denoted by a triangular groove. To either side of this central groove are three pellets, depicting nails. Around the outer edge of the knife terminal are grooves to delineate the hoof, the pastern (which is slightly waisted), and the lower fetlock above this. A deep central longitudinal sub-rectangular (V shaped) slot that enabled a tang to be accommodated is present at one end of the knife. This is filled with the remains of the iron tang which is broken but projects. The knife cap measures 17.8mm length, 9.3mm width, is 13.7mm thick, and weighs 10.04 grams. Some of the patina has been lost due to corrosion and abrasion. The metal is a brown colour. The horse's foot is a common form for end caps, with illustrated examples in copper-alloy (e.g. this database, reference HAMP-462E17 or IOW-E15D67) and bone (e.g. Crummy 1988, 74-75; ref. 3084). Compare also Crummy (1988, 75-76; ref. 3101) for a close parallel of uncertain material.
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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