Accession No
1928.939
Description
Iron knife with a straight spine and curved blade with a shallow choil. Integral bolster and partial handle with a thin stick tang protruding at the butt. Layered sheets of bone or wood inlayed with brass form the handle and circular decoration present on the outer surface. One side shows signs of possible silver inlay into decoration. The blade is very corroded and handle is partially missing
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; ?Cambridgeshire; Little Thetford
Period
Medieval
Source
Dewsbury (Reverend) [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1928.939
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Bone; ?Wood; Iron; ?Brass
Local Term
Measurements
200mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Scraped up from River.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Handle formed of strips of bone or ivory divided by thin sheets of brass. Five dots and circle decoration on each side of handle
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with a straight spine and curved blade with a shallow choil. Integral bolster and partial handle with a thin stick tang protruding at the butt. Layered sheets of bone or wood inlayed with brass form the handle and circular decoration present on the outer surface. One side shows signs of possible silver inlay into decoration. The blade is very corroded and handle is partially missing
Event Date 7/11/2023
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:16063
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