Accession No

1923.1322 G


Description

Iron knife with stick tang. Blade with straight blade, flaring towards rounded blade tip; sloping choil; blade thinner along cutting edge and thicker along blade back. Faceted bolster with circular cross-section and tranverse grooves; straight stick tang with rectangular cross-section, tapering towards end. Tip of blade and cutting edge chipped.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Norfolk; River Little Ouse


Period

?Medieval ?Post Medieval


Source

Gathercole, George [vendor]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1923.1322 G


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1923.1322 A-L: 'Seven knives. One has wooden handle decorated with incised spiral shapes. A, F, K, G + 3 others indistinguishable.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Dredged from Ouse
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Analysis)
Accession Register for 1923.1322 A-L reads: 'Medieval or later.'
Event Date 1923
Author: Danlei Zhou


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: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with stick tang. Blade with straight blade, flaring towards rounded blade tip; sloping choil; blade thinner along cutting edge and thicker along blade back. Faceted bolster with circular cross-section and tranverse grooves; straight stick tang with rectangular cross-section, tapering towards end. Tip of blade and cutting edge chipped.
Event Date 7/11/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:305825

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