Record ID: DUR-D08B85
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman knife handle, probably from a toilet knife. It is in the form of a female figure, comprising the torso down to the waist. She is facing forward and all the detail seems to have been cast integrally. The head is rounded but the body is flat on the reverse. The hair is quite like that on figurines of Diana with an elaborate arrangement and gathered into a kind of double-bow on top of the head. The hair is picked out with small cresents in vertical lines running from the top of the head to the neck, all around the head. She has pointed oval eyes and a s…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2010
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Record ID: DUR-700E98
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife end-cap of post-medieval date. It is sub-rectangular and flat with a rounded upper edge, and narrows slightly towards the broken end. The broken end has a thin protrusion which presumably would have attached this part to the rest of the handle. It is an openwork design with a thin strip down the centre and possibly a double-headed eagle in the middle below a small incomplete cross. Both faces of the object are decorated with what appears to be foliate style design but this is unclear due to corrosion and wear. There are several similar examples on the PAS…
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-001BE1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval knife stop. In plan there is a square section which has a T-shaped extension above. The lower square section has a thin iron strip at the base which has broken which would have attached the knife stop to the handle. The object is very worn but it appears that the horizontal terminals of the T-shaped section could be zoomorphic. It is two animals heads facing outwards with mouths slightly open. The object is quite worn and corroded making details difficult to see.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-005091
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval rectangular knife stop. It is sub-rectangular in plan and has a central linear groove running the length of the object. There are traces of a red substance on the upper and lower faces which could be enamel but there is no discernible pattern. The knife stop is dark green with irregular patches. The item had been coated in olive oil which gave it the shiny patina noticeable on the image.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-585604
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife stop, Post Medieval in date. The sub-rectangular stop has a rectangular slot on the underside with the remains of an iron scale tang inside. At the top of the stop is an integral suspension loop. The shape is symmetrical on both faces consisting of two rounded 'petals' below the suspension loop narrowing to a rectangular base.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-850CB6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast bronze socketed axe from the early Ewart Park phase, Thorndon type. Dating to c.950-750 BC, Needham Period 7, Burgess Metalworking Stage XII. The blade is bent. It narrows towards the point which is rounded. At its widest it is 21.23mm and its narrowest is 8.88mm. The blade has a raised mid-rib on both sides running the whole length. The socket is oval in cross-section and has a circular hole through two opposite sides near the top. Diameter of socket is 22.33 x 16.25mm.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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