Record ID: LON-72E166
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete horn knife handle of uncertain date. The handle is from a tang knife and is probably made of horn. The handle would have had two metal band just in from either end. At one end it flares out to 21.22mm. The handle has an off centre rectangular aperture for the tang of the blade.  Dimensions: length: 66.59mm; diameter: 14.60mm; weight: 15.54mm
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
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Record ID: BH-7BE8EE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone knife handle fragment, dating c. AD 1500-1700. The fragment is sub-rectangular and D-shape in cross-section, with a rounded face, broadly flat underside, tapering sides and rounded edges. It comprises one half of an oval-sectioned knife handle that is broken at one end, making it difficult to estimate how long it would have been. The narrow intact end is flatly finished and curves into the upper face. The two long edges are relatively straight with minimal damage except for some areas of wear. Part of the wider end may be the extremity. Part of the…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: LON-1AFB56
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval ivory knife handle dating from AD 1768. The remaining knife consists of the two scales from a scale tang 'pistol grip' knife. The scales have eight iron rivets securing the handle to the scale tang. Both sides are decorated with inlayed silver annulets. The annulets are arranged to read [P]ETER 6 // 8 IOHNSON, the name is probably the owner of the knife (Peter Johnson) the 6 and 8 represent the year 1768. The knife was found with the iron elements heavily corroded, part of which is sill attached to inside of the scales. Knives with this style of…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-66AD18
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval bone knife handle with iron scale tang dating to the first half of the 16th century. The knife is a scale tang form with bone scales held by five copper alloy rivets running at regular intervals down the length of the handle. The knife has a trefoil 'crown shaped' terminal. An almost identical knife handle was recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose which sank in AD 1545. Gardiner and Allen (2005:147 no. 81A1439). Dimensions: length: 83.53mm; width: 18.57mm; thickness: 7.91mm; weight: 13.25g Gardiner, J. and Allen, M.J., 2005. Before the Mast: Life and …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: LON-3432AF
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone whittle tang knife handle dating from AD 1500-1600. The remaining knife consists of a sub-rectangular bone handle with decorative panels with plain borders on all remaining sides. The decoration within the panels resembles overlapping scales. Dimensions: length: 55.55mm; width: 7.89mm; thickness: 9.01mm; weight: 3.49g
Created on: Sunday 27th November 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
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Record ID: LON-CB51E7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval ivory knife handle dating to the 16th-17th century. The handle has an oval cross-section and expands towards the domed terminal; the handle has decoratively carved four-petaled rose with calyx points in angles on each side. Each rose has four copper alloy rivets, one at the centre and one in the middle of each petal. Based on the style of the rose, this object likely dates to the 16th-17th century. Dimensions: length: 40.73mm; width 15.24mm; thickness: 11.09mm; weight: 6.35g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Record ID: SUR-3A7BFB
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knife handle from a late medieval to post medieval scale tang knife, 70.4mm in length, complete with both side plates which are made of carved bone and are held to the tang by a pair of iron pins. The cross section of the handle is oval, tapering slightly from 16.6mm wide at the rear end to 14.6 at the hilt. The exterior surface has incised decoration broadly divided into three panels on each side running along the length of the handle, the central being filled with crude and oblique cuts, with two flanking panels of cross-hatching. The hilt end of the handle has been cut into a…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-F46EA8
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A carved bone fragment of the terminal end of a single scale from a scale tang knife of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. The object is sub rectangular in plan and in cross section with a chamfered edge to the upper surface and a flat underside. One end is broken. The terminal is plain and undecorated with a 2.5mm diameter drilled hole for a rivet. Measurements are; length 20.4mm, width 15.6mm, thickness 4.5mm and weight 1.53g. The perforation is 2.5mm in diameter. Cowgill et al (1987) note that no scale tang knives were found in London earlier tha…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: SUR-708F95
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a bone knife handle plate which would have comprised part of one half of an oval-sectioned knife handle from a post medieval scale tang knife. The fragment is 36mm in length and tapers along its length from 16mm to 12mm. It has a flat D-shaped section, 3mm thick. The exterior surface has incised decoration broadly divided into three panels running along the length of the handle, the central being filled with crude and oblique cuts, with two flanking panels of cross-hatching. The reverse is flat, with saw marks evident across it. The remains of an iron rivet are evident t…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
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Record ID: LIN-8A14F7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of an iron scale tang knife with a bone handle dating to the Post-medieval period (c. AD 1500-1700). There are now four pieces, found on the same day in different parts of the garden, c.3-4 inches below the ground level. The four fragments probably represent at least two knife handles. The bone handles are D-shaped in section and is held in place with iron rivets. The handle is decorated with a cross-hatch pattern along the long edge of the handle, with a series of short parallel, diagonal lines, down the centre. There is iron corrosion product at the terminal of the …
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: SF-85084D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone knife handle dating to circa AD 1600-1800. The handle is rectangular in plan and section with straight edges. The butt end has been rounded. Its surface has been polished. The handle has come away at the attachment end revealing the natural oval shaped cavity in the centre of the been which would have been utilised to house the blade. A worked cylindrical-sectioned transverse groove runs across the flanks surrounding the natural cavity. The handle is consistent with the Post Medieval Sheffield manufacture of knives and cutlery instruments. Simila…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: LON-44AE2C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone or ivory knife handle dating from the 17th-18th century. Only about 50 percent of the handle remains. The handle tapers slightly towards the blade end. It was roughly octagonal with eight sides, only three complete and two partial sides remain. The handle has incised decoration on all the remaining sides consisting of a six petaled flower within a 24mm diameter circle with letters in angles, the letters that remain are I F G F. Outside of this motif are two pairs of letters with dot decoration around, to the left the letters S (in retrograde) and F. To…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thames foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2BD69E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Antler or bone knife handle fragment. The straight-ended terminal to the plain broad bevelled side plate from the handle of a large scale tang knife. The identification is prompted by rust staining on the flat inner surface of a plano-convex fragment. A copper alloy rivet of diameter 1.9mm passes through the side plate towards its end, and presumably through the tang and the other plate also. The compact nature of the material suggests its identification as possibly antler. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1800 Length: 33.4mm, Width: 23.6mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 6.56gms
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-003B9A
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A curved antler handle probably from a whittle tang knife, probably of Medieval to Modern date. The handle is a cracked tapering tube of antler, which appears to follow the natural curve of the antler. At the narrow end is a corroded part of the iron tang; this end of the antler has been cut off flat and the antler is bevelled externally and internally. There is a wider, cracked circular hole that has an irregular edge at the opposite end of the handle. The handle is hollow for almost all the length. Externally, linear grooves and ridges are evident, probably the natural surface…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
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Record ID: LON-B9FA1C
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 oval 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 is decorated with incised foliate decoration. A similar handle is illustrated in Crummy (1988:74 fig.3090). The knife has a a lump of iron corrosion attached to the blade end. Dimensions: length: 77.88mm; width: 16.60mm; weight: 22.49g. Handles with similar decoration on the…
Created on: Sunday 1st September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th October 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-DCEE94
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone knife handle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The object is one plate of a handle which is sub-rectangular with a D-shaped section. The end which would have been closest to the knife blade is straight with rounded corners. From here the handle widens to a rounded terminal. Part of the side, close to the rounded end, is lost to a worn break. The upper surface is decorated with an incised geometric design comprising three longitudinal panels divided by two rows of two straight grooves. The middle panel is off centre, closer to one edge than the other. It…
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-682884
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Post Medieval scale tang knife probably dating from AD 1500 - 1700. There are two bone plates, each of D shaped cross section, flanking the iron scale tang of the knife and attached with iron rivets. The handle tapers towards the shoulder. The bone is faintly decorated with parallel lines along the centre of each plate, defining a plain centre band, with traces of cross hatched lattice on each side. The length is 91.8mm, width is 20.5, thickness is 16.6 and the weight is 39.1g. Compare LON-F004E6 which records that: "MacGregor (1985, 170) notes that such cross-hatching de…
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-1899E9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone knife handle; a single scale from a scale tang knife of probable Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. The scale is plain. It is sub-rectangular, slightly wider at one end and with the wider end rounded, but this may be post-depositional damage. It is D shaped in cross-section, the flat side displaying tool marks where it was sawn. There are four solid iron rivets surviving along the centre of the handle, fairly evenly spaced. Length 103.47mm, width 21.60mm, thickness 5.81mm, weight 15.87g. Cowgill et al (1987) note that no scale tang knives were found in London earlier …
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-1821E9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An antler whittle tang knife handle of uncertain date, probably Medieval to Modern. The handle is a cracked tube of antler, with the burr visible at one end; this end has been sawn flat. There is a triangular hole for the tang in the solid end. The other end is hollow and the walls of the tube have been carved so they taper internally and externally. Length 114.58mm, diameter 25.88mm, weight 63.71g. Whittle tang handles were the most common form of Medieval knife handle until the 15th century, but they are also used today, and there are modern knifes being made with antler handles.…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
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Record ID: DUR-2FA083
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone knife handle of the Post Medieval period (AD1500-1700). The object has a rounded start and is sub-rectangular in shape, tapering slightly to a broken terminal. There is a large chip near the rounded terminal with a subsequent chip a third of the way along the outside edge. The broken terminal has a jagged edge.The handle has been decorated with an incised geometrical pattern that divides into three panels running along the length of the handle, each separated with a straight vertical groove. The central of the three panels has been filled with slightly diagonal g…
Created on: Friday 26th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
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