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KNIFE
Unique ID: LON-465B34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval copper alloy knife pommel with engraved date 1521. The pommel is oval in shape and has a slot cut in it to accomodate the tang of the knife, the remains of which are still present as iron corrosion. The upper edge of the pommel has to parallel grooves running around it while the faces of the pommel have two lateral incised lines at the top and bottom with the numerals 1521 between. This is repeated on both faces. The lines and numerals have all been filled with a white enamel. The object is now a dark red brown in colour, except for the white inlaid enamel.
Width: 15.76,mm, Height:14.20mm, Thickness: 7.61mm, Height with remains of tang: 16.76mm, Weight: 10.6g
For parallels see DENO-347DD1,SUSS-F15AF4, NMS-ED0EE1 and NMS-C01017
Notes:
Michel Feugère - The reading of the date is most likely 1521 all similar knife ends have dates ranging between 1521 and 1537, not later.
See:
and the other variant with dates :
Class: pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1521
Date to: Exactly AD 1521
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.2 mm
Width: 15.76 mm
Thickness: 7.61 mm
Weight: 10.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Winterborne St. Martin (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY6487
Four figure Latitude: 50.68153551
Four figure longitude: -2.5109119
1:25K map: SY6487
1:10K map: SY67SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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