Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
KNIFE
Unique ID: WAW-FED8A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (16th century) knife cap terminal: copper alloy terminal, in plan, is an sideways 'T'. Each face is decorated with a horizontal groove. One terminal has a slot which is filled with traces of an iron tag. The surface of the knife cap is abraded. In length the knife cap is 10.95mm, 16.12mm wide and 6.9mm thick. It weighs 4.7g.
End-caps such as this example are dated to the 16th century (Geake, 2001).
Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished
Class: 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: 10.95 mm
Width: 16.12 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 4.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 12th October 2012 - Monday 2nd December 2013
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tanworth-in-Arden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1469
Four figure Latitude: 52.31892712
Four figure longitude: -1.79603421
1:25K map: SP1469
1:10K map: SP16NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: OXON-B49666
Object type: KNIFE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval (16th century) knife cap terminal: copper alloy terminal, in the shape of a hammer head with a forked element behind the head. O…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: WAW-0A35CF
Object type: KNIFE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval (16th century) knife cap terminal: copper alloy terminal in plan is an asymmetrical cross with one terminal being an incomplete…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: WAW-BE2CB0
Object type: KNIFE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post Medieval (16th century) knife cap terminal: copper alloy terminal in plan is the profile of a bust wearing a pointed hat. The bust has t…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618