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Description: | A cast copper-alloy late medeival or early post-medieval knife handle terminal stop from a scale-tang knife. It is in the form of an animal's head, probably a stylised dog's head, with upturned snout, mouth, eyes and ears depicted. Below the neck is a rectangular block, the underside of which has a narrow groove into which the remains of the iron tang can be seen. Scale-tang knife terminals are commonly seen in stylised dog's head as well as horses' hoofs. Read (2001:88) suggests a date of around the 16th century for these objects; a date of c. AD 1400-1600 would seem correct.
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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