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KNIFE
Unique ID: LON-F6A171
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper alloy knife end cap, with zoomorphic terminal, dating to the 16th century. There is a slot in the base of the end cap to receive the scale tang of the knife. Iron corrosion fills this slot. The end cap has been decoratively cast to form a three-dimensional beast's head with open mouth and projecting tongue. There are two circular depressions to depict the eyes then there are radiating grooves extending from the brow, down the back of the head and neck.
Similar zoomorphic terminals are published on the database e.g.HESH-819F63 and HESH-81AF11, although there are slight variations in the detail of the beast.
Dimensions: length: 14.72 mm; width: 15.27mm; thickness: 9.76mm; weight: 8.68g.
Class: End cap
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.72 mm
Width: 15.27 mm
Thickness: 9.76 mm
Weight: 8.68 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Havering (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Rainham and Wennington (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5381
Four figure Latitude: 51.50722293
Four figure longitude: 0.20321953
1:25K map: TQ5381
1:10K map: TQ58SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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