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Description: | A cast copper-alloy end cap (terminal) from a scale-tang knife. The terminal is in the form of a horse's hoof and lower leg. It is curved with an oval cross-section. The hoof is shod and the shoe is flat, the rear of the shoe is damaged. The frog is denoted by a linear groove. Around this are five oval punches, three on one side, and two on the other representing shoe nails. The slot retains traces of the knife's iron tang.A number of similar objects are recorded on the database including DOR-B2BA35 and SOM-479FAE where Laura Burnett notes: The use of a horse's foot is a common type for end caps in the Post Medieval period. A similar object is recorded from a Late 15th to 16th century context in Egan, G., 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark, London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, p93, No. 398Dimensions: 13mm in length, 12mm in width, 4mm thick, 4.5g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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