Record ID: LON-CA19E5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone or ivory handle from a whittle tang knife dating from AD 1550-1700. The handle is circular in section and has the remains of the iron tang from the knife. The remaining fragment represents the central section of an multi element handle, the terminal end cap is missing. The handle has three three pins evenly spaced running the length of the handle. The handle is decorated with incised foliate decoration. A similar handle is illustrated in Crummy (1988:74 fig.3090). Dimensions: length: 64.06mm; width: 13.15mm; weight: 12.62g. A handle with similar …
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C74252
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount of probable post-medieval date. It is hexagonal in plan, with the stubs of two curved attachment spikes projecting from the rear - these appear to have been cast integrally. The outer face is decorated in relief with a 6 petalled Tudor rose inside a tressured border, accentuated by small knops at the points of the hexagon. The surface is badly corroded and if it was originally gilded, as seems likely, there are no remaining traces. Read, in 'Metal artefacts of antiquity' (2001), ascribes 16th or 17th century dates to similar items.
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.