Record ID: LON-A63816
Object type: SHEARS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a set of Medieval to Modern shears. One complete blade and arm survive, along with roughly half of the broader connecting loop. The shears are undecorated three pairs of double notches on the sides of the arm. The shears are covered in iron corrosion and part of the edge of the blade has chipped. Shears are often undecorated or simply decorated and there shape changes little between the Medieval and Modern periods, therefore a broad 1200-1900 AD date is suggested. Dimensions: length: 124.29 mm; width: 16.77 mm; thicness: 11.23 mm; weight 11.84g.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: LON-A5F7C4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval to Modern iron knife. The knife has a complete scale tang with a, now flattened, round terminal. There are two in-situ rivets through the tang, and a hole for a third, which would have held the scales in place. The scales are no longer present. The tang and the blade are integrally attached by a short solid bolster. The blade itself is broken, so the true length of the knife is uncertain. None of the remaining iron knife is decorated. Scale tang knifes were made from the late medieval period onwards, and the lack of decoration or maker's mark on this ex…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: LON-A597E4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval iron knife, dating AD 1600-1650. The knife has a long, solid bolster, hexagonal in section, which flattens into a narrow blade. The blade has a straight, worn break across its width, 47.9mm from the bolster. At the other end of the bolster is a pin tang with a worn tip. The rest of the handle is missing. The bolster is undecorated beyond its six facets. A knife with a similar hexagonal bolster previously found on the Thames foreshore is early 16th century in date(Brown 2001, 83), so this knife is likely of a similar date. Dimension: length: 119.38 m…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: LON-A4E4C0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval iron knife, dating AD 1550-1650. The knife has a long, solid cylindrical bolster which flats into a narrow blade. The blade has a straight, worn break across its width. At the other end of the bolster is the remains of a tang which has broken near to its start. The rest of the handle is missing. The bolster is decorated with two engraved sets of four-petalled flowers; one set aligned with each face of the blade. The narrow blade and the bolster/tang configuration suggests an early Post Medieval date, AD 1550 to 1650. Similar examples can be found in Brow…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: LON-CEDC17
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval knife, missing the blade and parts of the handle. The outside of handle is bone and sub-square in section. The terminal is in the shape of a hand which is offset from the handle's centre and narrowed; the fingers are emphasised by incised lines between. Next to the hand the full width of the handle has a double incised collar, creating a sleeve-like effect. The core of the knife is an iron tang, which can be seen in the breaks on the handle. The bone has broken unevenly, showing the side of the iron tang. The knife has broken across completely before the b…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
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Record ID: LON-CE5DB2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval knife, missing the blade and parts of the handle. The core of the knife is an iron tang with a intergal end plate and finial knop. The other end of the surviving tang is broken. On the tang sit six ovoid bone sections which widen as they near the finial end. There is a gap between each and a copper alloy plate attached on either side facing the gaps. Each section is carved, and has eight facets. The sections are in sets of three; the bone pieces get thicker as the trio nears the finial end, then thin for the start of the next trio. The largest of each trio …
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
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Record ID: LON-D9DD43
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late post medieval to modern composite knife. The knife has an iron core with bone and copper alloy handle scales (plates). The scales are fixed to the iron core by three in-situ copper alloy rivets. The blade has broken away next to the bolster so none survives. The bolster itself is copper alloy and decorated with horizontal incised lines. Part of the iron core protrudes from between the handle scales; it is unclear whether this was intentional or caused by corrosion. The handle is an elongated teardrop; the bone panels are incased in copper alloy borders. On one panel…
Created on: Friday 30th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
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Record ID: LON-072E11
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval iron knife with a copper alloy sheet handle. The sheet handle is a heptagon in section and tapers towards the handle. Each facet of the heptagon contains four panels; there are 28 panels in total. Each panel is stamp decorated in relief and is within a linear border. The central facet is thinner than the other six, and its four panels contain (in order from blade to terminal): three five-pointed stars; two rings with trilobe protrusions on either side and one five-pointed star; a branch-like staff with pairs of smaller branches extending from it; the init…
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
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Record ID: LON-227976
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded post medieval copper alloy and iron knife, of which three now separate pieces survive. It is unclear whether it is a travelling knife, as the iron has badly corroded; it is possible that two or more blades are present within in the corrosion. The iron is covered by two copper alloy openwork plates, which are decorated with a foliate design. The ends of these plates have broken off, but have been preserved. The knife tapers from one end to the other and it now bent; it is unclear whether this bend was in part original. The thinner end is angled, which support…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
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Record ID: LON-8AA5D7
Object type: WEDGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval iron log/plank splitter. It is roughly rectangular with one end widened (to 77.2mm wide) and flattened to a thin but blunt edge and the other end is squared off (51.7mm wide by 24.3mm thick) to make a wide surface to hit with a corresponding hammer. The splitter is rectangular in section, and on one of the wide faces are two maker's marks; a dagger or axe and a scallop shell. It is possible that the former indicates that the splitter was made in London. It measures 325mm (length) x 77.2mm (width) x 24.3mm (thickness) and weighs 2750g. John Clark has examined this splitter…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
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Record ID: LON-6492D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, incomplete post medieval iron knife, missing the handle scales and parts of the blade. The terminal of the handle has a decorative rounded knop. 19.2mm from the terminal the handle recessed for 64.8mm for the now missing handle scales. These were attached by five rivets; two remain in-situ and there are another 3 rivet holes, all in one straight line. After the scale tangs there is a short bolster (7.9mm) then the blade (113.9mm long). The knife is very corroded and the blade has suffered several losses along the sharp edge and tip. The knife measures 203.6mm (length) x 16…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
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Record ID: LON-3EAEC2
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval iron sword pommel, probably made in Germany. The pommel is roughly cylindrial but flares out to a circumferential ridge in the centre. It has an attachment hole on one face, and the surface between the attachment face and the central ridge is rounded and undecorated. Between the ridge and the terminal face, which itself is a flat circle, the pommel is facetted with decoration on each facet. There are 6 facets and three sets of decoration in a regular pattern. Two facets have four horizonal recessions, which creates 5 areas; each one of these areas has incised line deco…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Record ID: LON-7A6FF2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval bone and iron knife, missing its blade. The iron tang runs through the length of the handle and terminates as a flat disc with a central protruding round knop. The cylindrical tang is incased in bone. The bone surface is decorated with a spiralling lines which wraps fives times around the handle length. The spaces inbetween the wraps are filled with perpendicular lines. The bones has warped and cracked and part of the surface has chipped off. The knife now measures 81.6mm (length) x 18.2mm (width) x 15.2mm (thickness) and weighs 18.32g. The style of knife and the dec…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2011
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Record ID: LON-ABA7D5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to early post medieval iron scale tang knife with bone or antler handle scales. The scales are flat and ridged; this is either the natural surface of the antler or bone carved to look like antler. There are four in situ rivets along the length of the handle holding the two scales and the tang together. The blade is covered in a thick white and brown corrosion product. It is rectangular but broken near the handle, so its full length is unknown. The knife now measures 129.5mm (length) x 22.8 (width) x 11.5mm (thickness) and weighs 48.00g. A broad date is suggested because s…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Record ID: LON-A83432
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to early post medieval iron tranverse tang knife with wooden handle scales. The scales are rounded and undecorated, with the tang running through the centre at a 90 degree angle to the blade. The blade is rectangular and is 87.0mm long, however it is highly corroded and may be broken or blunted. It measures 151.0mm (length) x 21.6 (width) x 14.9mm (thickness) and weighs 44.47g. Scale tang knives were made from the mid 14th to mid 16th century AD (after then the fashion turned to pin-tang knives until the 18th century; Brown 2001, 63 & 69) so a broad date is suggested, how…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Record ID: LON-A81465
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late medieval to early post medieval iron scale tang knife with copper alloy handle scales. The tang runs the through the centre of the handle from the blade to the cap. The tang is flanked by two copper alloy plates (known as scales) which are decorated with a detailed and ornate floral design. On one scale, near the cap, are the letters "...OVS"; the letter before the O is obscured by corrosion. The cap is made from the same copper alloy as the scales and is also decorated; it fans out from the end of the handle and one both faces has an incised line across its width and …
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Record ID: LON-20E067
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron spearhead of probable Roman date. The tip of the spear is leaf shaped, with curving sides and is flat in profile apart from corrosion product. The neck is a complete ring, is hollow (to take the shaft) and is slightly bulbous, although this could be a distortion caused by corrosion. The spear is now brown in colour with patches of red-orange rust. It measures 101.7mm (length) x 20.0mm (diameter of neck) x 19.1mm (width of tip) x 7.5mm (thickness of tip) and weighs 38.05g.
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2011
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