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KNIFE
Unique ID: IOW-6C3311
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy scale knife end-cap (pommel) (1500-1600).
This end cap is trapezoidal in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. Viewed in plan, the top is curved and each end would have risen slightly prior to being broken. The sides taper in slightly towards the bottom. In side view, it is an inverted 'V'-shape. There are the remains of a corroded iron tang on the underside. Each larger (opposite) face is decorated with a grooved grid pattern. However, the pattern is now barely visible due to corrosion.
This end-cap is reddish brown with light green and drab green patches.
Height: 13.0mm; width: 18.7mm; thickness: 7.2mm. Weight: 6.45g.
Compare with a similar knife end-caps which have a clearer grid pattern: IOW-1EAD14 and HAMP-71636E.
Geake (2001: 76) states that such solid end-caps can come in the form of horses' hooves or stylised fleurs-de-lis and date to the sixteenth century.
Other examples of end-caps can be found illustrated in Read 2001: 88, fig. 56).
Geake, H. 2001. Finds Recording Guide. Unpublished.
Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 6.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th January 2018 - Sunday 14th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-7-59
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 76 | ||||
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 88, fig. 56 |
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