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Unique ID: NLM-4041C0
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy and iron knife hilt plate or bolster. A cast oval plate of thickness 1.3mm, of slightly concavo-convex form with ten or eleven nicks around its edge, and with the stub of the rectangular-section tang of a small knife passing through its centre. The convex side was the display side, so the tang presumably continued into a hollow handle. The concave side of the plate is heavily rust stained, and so was more likely in contact with the corroding blade [now otherwise lost]. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Length: 19.3mm, Width: 14.5mm, Thickness (overall): 4.5mm, Weight: 2.14gms
Class: Bolster or Hilt Plate
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.3 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 2.14 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th January 2018
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Other reference: NLM38610
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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