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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy object, possibly a ferrule for a dagger or staff of later medieval or post-medieval date. The ferrule is oval in plan and would have been U-shaped in profile. Only one part of the side wall remains, the rest is broken and missing. The flat top (or possible base) of the ferrule has a crudely incised crux immissa or Latin cross, formed of two long vertical lines with four lines for the cross arms. In the upper centre of the cross is a rivet hole, made through the decoration possibly as a secondary means of securing the ferrule to wood. The remaining side wall of the ferrule has one rivet hole which was probably one of the primary means for securing the object. This side wall is decorated with multiple incised lines arranged vertically between a double-stranded upper border and single linear border below.Although no direct parallels could be found in the usual literature nor in a search of this databse, several similar objects of oval plan and U-shaped profile have been recorded and identified as possible knife or dagger tops, or staff mounts. The decoration and metal suggests a later medieval to post-medieval date.
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