2011-01-24 12:54:25 Kate Sumnall ksumnall 2011-02-08 14:31:00 Kate Sumnall ksumnall LON-D76814 DAGGER 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. 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 o... Iron Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL Early POST MEDIEVAL Early 1550 1625 15.74 202.39 9.5 Good Incomplete 2011-01-24 12:54:25 GREATER LONDON CITY OF LONDON CITY OF LONDON POINT( ) From Map TQ38SW TQ3280 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 LON Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2011 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.