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Description: | A post-medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy knife handle with a trace of corroded iron blade at one end. It is in the form of a human figure rising, arms folded in prayer, from the jaws of a fish, undoubtedly a reference to the Biblical story of 'Jonah and the whale' from the Book of Jonah.At the tang-end, the object is oval in cross-section and measures 9.9x8.3mm. The tang-slot is rectangular and c.7.8x3mm, arranged in the same plane as Jonah and the whale above it. From here the body of the fish rises, widening and becoming rather more triangular in cross-section (being flat to the reverse). The head measures max.15.7x13.6mm and comprises an open mouth forming a triangular shape to front and back. To the front this is flanked by grooves and at the widest part the head has two circular depressions for eyes, flanked by a circumferential groove. The reverse of the fish's body is undecorated except for a single rectangular area of decoration to one side of the mouth extending vertically downwards and comprising parallel, diagonal grooves.Jonah rises from the whale with his arms bent upwards at the elbows (max.19.8x12.6mm) to raise his hands in prayer. The head is ovoid in shape (12.6x10.0mm) and undecorated except for two curving grooves for eyes and a moulded long and drooping moustache, the form of an inverted 'V'.The metal is dark green in colour and heavily pitted in places. The object measures 70.9mm in length, 19.8mm in max.width, 14.2mm in max.thickness and weighs 59.03g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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