2011-12-20 11:34:57 Kath Creed kcreed 2012-01-23 18:17:00 Kath Creed kcreed LON-072E11 KNIFE 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. T... Iron POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL 1500 1700 15.5 137.2 12.7 Incomplete 2011-12-20 11:34:57 GREATER LONDON TOWER HAMLETS TOWER HAMLETS POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid TQ38SW TQ3380 29.06.2003 Metal detector Found on the Thames foreshore 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.