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Description: | A small, slightly corroded cast copper-alloy end cap (terminal) from a scale-tang knife of post-medieval date (16th to 17th century). It is rectangular in plan and sub-oval in cross-section with a slot running down the centre for half its depth filled with iron corrosion from the iron knife tang. Both sides are decorated with two grooves in saltire and a groove parallel to the top and bottom edge. The length: 14.6mm, the width: 14.3mm, the thickness: 10.9mm and the weight: 10.77g.For similar end-caps look at WAW-255977 and HAMP-8B4AC5 on this database.
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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