Record ID: KENT-117FE8
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete horn handle of a scale tang knife or cutlery implemenent, of post-medieval or mordern date. The handle remains only as one side or 'scale' of the handle which, along with its counterpart would have sandwiched the tang of the knife or fork and then fastened together with rivets through each of the seven holes along its length. Four broken rivets remain. The scale is sub-rectangular in plan and roughly semi-circular in cross-section with a flat top. The full length of the scale remains. The back of the scale shows extensive filing and cut marks from the production of the s…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.