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KNIFE
Unique ID: LVPL-079519
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy knife end-stop dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is oval in plan and cross-section. Each face of the object is decorated with an incised X. The top of the object is decorated with an incised star. On the base of the object is a rectangular slot where the tang of the knife attached to the end-stop. The object has a mid-brown patina with iron corrosion in the slot.
Class: End-stop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.86 mm
Width: 11.4 mm
Thickness: 9.33 mm
Weight: 7.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Golborne Bellow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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