An incomplete post medieval iron knife with a copper alloy sheet handle. The sheet handle is a heptagon in section and tapers towards the handle. Each facet of the heptagon contains four panels; there are 28 panels in total. Each panel is stamp decorated in relief and is within a linear border.<\/p>\n
The central facet is thinner than the other six, and its four panels contain (in order from blade to terminal): three five-pointed stars; two rings with trilobe protrusions on either side and one five-pointed star; a branch-like staff with pairs of smaller branches extending from it; the initials WEC with an arrow to their right. The pair of three facets then have a replicated design. The first set of three have an arrow with a rounded centre; a face on a shaft with a rounded section above and below; an arrow with a rounded centre. The next six have a rabbit or dog on them, with a solid triangle at the blade end and a three pronged design at the terminal end; four of the rabbits\/dogs face the terminal end and two face the blade end. The next sets of three have: a pair of dogs or rabbits facing the blade end; a naked female figure; a pair of dogs or rabbits facing the terminal end. The final six panels all contain a naked female figure. Between each set of seven panels is a beaded border or collar.<\/p>\n
The terminal cap and any filling of the handle are missing. Inside the handle the tang of the blade is visible. The blade is very corroded and is missing its tip. The knife now measures 137.2mm (length) x 15.5mm (width) x 12.7mm (depth) x 2.7mm (thickness of blade) and weighs 17.84g.<\/p>\n
The design on the handle suggests an African or New World influence, but the general shape and manufacture of the knife is typical for European knife of the 16th to 17th centuries.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"LON-072E11","id":"478392","objecttype":"KNIFE","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-12-20 11:34:57","broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","updated":"2012-01-23 18:17:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4EF072E100119A","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"createdBy":"880","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":"Include in PostMedArch","subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"478392","old_findID":"LON-072E11","uniqueID":"PAS4EF072E100119A","objecttype":"KNIFE","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"137.2","height":null,"width":"15.5","thickness":"12.7","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1500","numdate2":"1700","description":"
An incomplete post medieval iron knife with a copper alloy sheet handle. The sheet handle is a heptagon in section and tapers towards the handle. Each facet of the heptagon contains four panels; there are 28 panels in total. Each panel is stamp decorated in relief and is within a linear border.<\/p>\n
The central facet is thinner than the other six, and its four panels contain (in order from blade to terminal): three five-pointed stars; two rings with trilobe protrusions on either side and one five-pointed star; a branch-like staff with pairs of smaller branches extending from it; the initials WEC with an arrow to their right. The pair of three facets then have a replicated design. The first set of three have an arrow with a rounded centre; a face on a shaft with a rounded section above and below; an arrow with a rounded centre. The next six have a rabbit or dog on them, with a solid triangle at the blade end and a three pronged design at the terminal end; four of the rabbits\/dogs face the terminal end and two face the blade end. The next sets of three have: a pair of dogs or rabbits facing the blade end; a naked female figure; a pair of dogs or rabbits facing the terminal end. The final six panels all contain a naked female figure. Between each set of seven panels is a beaded border or collar.<\/p>\n
The terminal cap and any filling of the handle are missing. Inside the handle the tang of the blade is visible. The blade is very corroded and is missing its tip. The knife now measures 137.2mm (length) x 15.5mm (width) x 12.7mm (depth) x 2.7mm (thickness of blade) and weighs 17.84g.<\/p>\n
The design on the handle suggests an African or New World influence, but the general shape and manufacture of the knife is typical for European knife of the 16th to 17th centuries.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-12-20 11:34:57","updated":"2012-01-23 18:17:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Found on the Thames foreshore","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":"Include in PostMedArch","username":"kcreed","fullname":"Kath Creed","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"kcreed","fullnameUpdate":"Kath Creed","primaryMaterial":"Iron","secondaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":null,"surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"POST MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"POST MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Miss Kath Creed","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Miss Kath Creed","county":"GREATER LONDON","parish":"TOWER HAMLETS","district":"TOWER HAMLETS","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"TQ3380","map25k":"TQ3380","map10k":"TQ38SW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":"Calculated from parish centroid","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"361213","f":"LON-072E11knife.jpg","imagedir":"images\/kcreed\/"}]}