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KNIFE
Unique ID: IOW-6D0304
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy knife handle (1500-1700).
This handle is slightly misshapen and there is a transverse break at one end. It has two parallel side bars, rectangular in cross-section and a circular open-work terminal. The circular open-work terminal has spherical knop on an extended neck. At each side of the circle are three evenly spaced knops, the centre ones are slightly larger and project outwards further. At the opposite end there is a transverse break.
41.4 x 14.9 x 3.6mm. Weight: 5.86g.
This object is corroded and has no patina. It is mainly covered in copper-alloy corrosion deposits.
Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: LANCUM-33EAC6; LON-152238; NMS-4C3670; NMS-4BEA6D; NMS-80C055; NMS-987F41; NMS-C069B2 and SUSS-C178C5.
There is a complete example illustrated on page 29 of the 2014 (3rd) edition of Benet's, ref. KF-42777. Other references to partial examples include Goodall in Shepherd Popescu 2009, 861; fig. 10.55, ref. SF7561 - 18th-century context at Norwich Castle, and Thomas & Boucher (eds.) 2002, 160; fig. 7.38; no. 64 - mid/late 16th-century deposit in Hereford. As such a c. 16th-century date seems plausible pending further information.
Class: Handle
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.4 mm
Width: 14.9 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 5.86 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-1-40
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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