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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy Medieval whittle-tang knife hilt-plate or bolster.The hilt-plate is oval in plan, tapering to a point at one side. It has a rectangular aperture, through which the knife tang would have passed, which is narrower on one side. Hilt-plates were a component of a whittle tang knife. The hilt-plate is 23.2mm in length, 13.0mm in width and 2.1mm thick. It weighs 2.3 grammes.Ottaway and Rogers (2002) illustrate a similar hilt-plate from York (pg. 2759, fig. 1364, no. 12859), dating to 11th - 14th century. Similar whittle-tang hilt plates c.12th to early 15th century are seen in Read 2001 nos 642 - 644, fig. 56, p. 88, although those are sheet rather than cast. A similar cast copper alloy hilt-plate: PAS database WILT-8A7F23.
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