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KNIFE
Unique ID: IOW-21FAD2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy scale knife end-cap (1500-1600).
This end-cap is oval in cross-section. Each side has an engraved or incised saltire within an engraved or incised frame. The flat top has a multi-pointed star motif and the underside has a slot for the tang. The remains of a corroded iron tang survives in situ.
The end-cap is corroded and light brown.
Height: 14.4mm; width: 11.5mm; thickness: 8.6mm. Weight: 6.37g.
Similar shaped knife end-caps with saltire decoration have been recorded on The Portable antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BERK-E52583; BH-B7189A; BH-F1BCB1; HAMP-8B4AC5; IOW-44F414; NLM-E9F3B2; NMS-1AB634; NMS-2E5E73Z; SF-8A5272; SF-DA9B20; SOM-0D7877; SOM-5F8BB1; WAW-255977; WAW-DE1F41; WMID-021115; WMID-F879D6 and YORYM-F5E548.
Class: End-cap
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: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.4 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 6.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-214
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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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