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KNIFE
Unique ID: LANCUM-C3166D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval knife end cap or stop, probably dating from the 16th century.
Description: A cylindrical copper-alloy end-cap, decorated with an incised saltire cross in a square line frame on either side with a vertical ridge separating them on each side, and an incised line star (asterisk) on the top. It has an oval cross section. On the underside is the remnant of the iron tang of the missing knife, extending into a rectangular slot evident part way up the sides of the stop. It is patinated a dark brown with green mottling
Discussion: Similar knife caps dating to the 16th century are recorded on the database in records KENT-054F5D,LVPL-079519, PUBLIC-503387, NMS-2E5E73Z and LIN-565693.
Class: End
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: 11.77 mm
Width: 9.73 mm
Weight: 5.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th July 2017 - Saturday 29th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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