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Description: | Tortoiseshell, copper alloy and steel. Penknife. Elongated pair of tortoiseshell side plates, pointed at one end and rounded at the other, pinned to thin inner side plates of copper alloy by three rivets of diameter 1.5mm. That rivet at the rounded end appears to have served as pivot for a steel blade of which only corroded fragments remain. A decorative scheme comprising incised crosses may have enhanced grip on the polished handle, and was perhaps a modification to judge from their slightly haphazard arrangement. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 68mm, Width: 11mm, Thickness (overall): 6.2mm, Weight: 6.83gms.
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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