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Description: | A complete Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy pommel from a knife or dagger, dating to c. AD 1150-1600. The pommel is roughly spherical with flattened upper and lower surfaces to accommodate the tang and blade of the dagger or knife. The shape of the pommel has become slightly distorted so that it is sub-oval in plan. One flattened edge has a narrowed punched square aperture, probably to accommodate to the tang and the opposite surface has a larger punched square, which probably would have accommodated the lower tang and blade. Cf. PAS database records: SF-C87850, NCL-1C8472 and WMID-F5E1C3. Ward Perkins (1940: pp. 21-38) illustrates and discusses similar spherical pommels (Type VI), which are most commonly dated to the 13th century, but survive into the 14th century and then become more prominent again in the 15th. The pommel measures 21.3mm diameter, 15.5mm high and weighs 7.94 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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