Record ID: LON-D76814 - POST MEDIEVAL dagger

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DAGGER

Unique ID: LON-D76814

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of An early Post Medieval iron dagger with wooden split handle dating 1550 – 1625.

An early Post Medieval iron dagger with wooden split handle dating 1550 - 1625. This knife has a scale tang which is bifurcated midway along the handle so there are two butts. There is a knife end cap remaining on one of the butts, the end cap is missing from the other. The remaining end cap is oval with a copper alloy plate terminal. The scale handle is wooden and secured by rivets; small sections of the handle are missing but the majority is still present. A copper alloy shoulder plate remains on one side of the blade at the junction with the handle but is missing from the other side. The blade tapers towards the point but the point is missing. It has a triangular cross-section tapering towards the cutting edge. There is a maker's mark of a cross approximately one third of the way along the blade just below the back of the blade.

Hazel Forsyth notes there are similar examples in the Museum of London's collections which date 1550-1625AD. She suggests this example is probably English.

Dimensions: length: 202.39mm; width of blade: 15.74mm; thickness of handle: 9.50mm; weight: 35.89g.

Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1625

Dimensions and weight

Length: 202.39 mm
Width: 15.74 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 35.89 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Iron [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Wood [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: City Of London
Parish: City Of London

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3280
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Hazel Forsyth - [view all attributed records]

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