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Description: | A Post Medieval copper-alloy fragment of a figural knife end-stop, c. 16th century AD. The remains of the end-stop are in the shape of a hammer head and claw; the shaft and knife are missing. The hammerhead is sub-rectangular in cross-section from the top and oval in cross-section from the bottom, with a sub-circular head; incised lines suggest the claw-end and enhance the sides of the hammer head and raised lines enhance the detail of the head itself. A portion of the thin rectangular iron knife tang is visible on the oval end of the knife-stop. The artefact measures 11.5mm long and is 18.2mm wide across the top of the hammerhead, from the tip of the striking part of the hammer to the tip of the claw. The fragment is 6.8mm thick and weighs 6.83 grams. The metal is an alternating reddish-brown on edges and medium green in colour. Similar knife stop-ends are illustrated in Read 2001, Nos. 663-664.
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