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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy end cap from a scale tang knife of Post Medieval, 16th- 17th century, date. The end cap consists of a trefoil (trilobed) design and is oval in section at the base. Each lobe is flattened with concave faces, and the concave faces are decorated with rows of punched pellets. The side petals thin towards the outer edge while the central petal is thinnest in the middle. Incised lines on each face emphasise the leaf shapes. The base of the cap is worn with the broken remains of the iron tang protruding from a slot running length ways across it.The end cap measures 17.7mm in length, 17.4mm wide and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 7.03 grams.Several similar end caps can be seen in Read (2001:88-9, fig. 56-7, nos. 650-667), all dated to the 16th century, no.656 is the closest to this example. A few near identical examples have been recorded on this database as LVPL-733BE2, NMS-0EDEE5 and SF-77B3A0.
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