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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