Record ID: LVPL-40CEDC
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cutlery handle of post-medieval to modern date. The fragment is sub-triangular in plan and oval in cross-section. The object has an iron core and an outer coating which is possibly silver measuring 1.5mm thick. At the incomplete end is a projection of the dark grey silver coating. Iron corrosion has leached through the surface at the terminal end of the handle obscuring the decoration and causing pitting in the outer surface of the object. The upper face is decorated with a worn foliate design below which are three transverse grooves. Beneath the grooves the decoration f…
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.