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Description: | A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy end-cap from a scale tang knife (1500-1600).The cap is sub-rectangular in cross-section and 'V'-shaped. It consists of two rectangular shaped projections with flattened terminal ends emerging diagonally from the base. The inside edges of the projections are chamfered to the base and the outside edges are vertically curved. The base is flat and has a portion of an iron tang. This object is decorated with an incised line just above the base on both sides. There are further incised lines on each of the upper sides of the projections and along the tops of the projections.The cap has a green patina with off-white deposits within the recesses.Height: 11.7mm; width: 14.4mm; thickness: 6.1mm. Weight: 2.93g.Similar knife-end caps are illustrated Read 2001: 82-83, fig. 56, refs: 650, 651, 652 and 653).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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