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Description: | The handle end from an incomplete knife of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date comprising a copper-alloy end plate adhering to the corroded remains of an iron knife handle or tang. The end plate is sub-rectangular in form. It has an incised border within which is contained incised decoration depicting an animal, possibly a leopard, seated to the left with a curved back and defined hind leg. The eye, mouth and ear are all picked out as incised decoration with the head looking right over its shoulder. The background is defined with a series of diagonal incised lines. On the underside of the plate, a circular-section copper-alloy rivet measuring 3mm in diameter is visible through the iron corrosion products. The knife handle measures 19mm in length, 19mm in width and 3mm in thickness. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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