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Description: | A copper alloy pommel of Post Medieval date, probably from a small sword, dagger or even a cane or walking stick. The pommel is an elongated spherical shape with a prominent moulded ridge round the centre. The sphere is faceted so is actually hexagonal in section. It is hollow and there is a projecting collar round an opening at each end. At the apex, the collar is 10.97mm in diameter and the opening is 4.84mm across. At the base of the pommel, the collar and is much longer and bigger forming a socket into which the tang, grip or cane could fit. The collar is also oval in section, though this may be post depositional damage. It is 14.36mm long, 19.42mm in diameter and the opening is 14.19mm in diameter. There is no evidence of a rivet or screw through the collar to fix the pommel to the rest of the object. The pommel has a dark green flaky patina. A very similar examples are RAH1331 and Cam-8C6482; the former has a Post Medieval date, and the latter a late Medieval date citing Ward Perkins, J. B., 1940. The London Museum Medieval Catalogue London : HMSO, pp49, Fig 10, no. 7. The published parallel is not quite the same design as this example, and the metalwork of this example also seems to suggest the later option so a date of 1600 - 1800 AD is suggested. Compare also SWYOR-DD5167 and NLM-9A9CC5.
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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