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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 hammerhead and elongated 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-oval head. The claw-end is trapezoidal in plan and flat in cross-section, angling away from the hammer at approximately 45-degrees. The claw has a high degree of light grey encrustation on its outer and inner surfaces, perhaps obscuring further decoration. A large degree of iron corrosion is attached to the end-stop, which would have formed part of the tang and knife. The end-stop measures 15.2 mm high, 21.4 mm maximum width, 6.6 mm maximum thickness and weighs 2.3 grams.Cf. Read 2001, p. 89, nos. 663-664.
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