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Description: | A cast copper-alloy knife end cap of Post-Medieval date. It is rectangular in profile and pointed oval shaped in section with moulded vertical ridges down each side. Both faces have incised decoration comprising a rectangular border containing a cross saltire, it is uncertain whether the top of the end cap was also decorated due to encrustation. At the base of the cap is a transverse rectangular slot that contains the corroded remains of the knife tang. The entire object measures 14.76mm in height, 13.58mm in width, 10.86mm in thickness, and weighs 11.58g. It is of Post-Medieval date, c.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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