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Description: | A possible Post Medieval pommel from a knife or dagger. The object is half of a sheet copper alloy sphere with a circular hole at the apex, surrounded by a thick collar. The lower half of the sphere is missing, and the remainder has been squashed so that the median band is now bent inwards and triangular in plan. There is a raised and moulded band decorated with short transverse incised lines round the circumference at what was once the widest point. The metal is broken along the lower edges if the band, but a strip of metal survives, enough to show that there was a sheet metal lower part. The patina is a patchy brown green and suggests a Post Medieval date, as does the decoration. Compare SWYOR-86F357 which is a more complete but similar cane, dagger or knife handle. It is also possible that this object is part of a swivel from a strap fitting of Medieval or Post Medieval date. Compare GLO-ABED02.
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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