Context (Related Documents)
The contents list for the box in which this object was found stored in 2025 states that it contains a 'Collection of Fakes and Forgeries'.
Event Date
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

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: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
Forgery of an antique knife or dagger made from copper alloy. Rounded pommel with sub-rectangular protrusions at each side, decorated with multiple round punctations and a larger central perforation filled with a yellow-coloured bead. Flat grip, tapering at each end, decorated with broad channels, ridges, and round perforations. These are drilled from both sides and some do not meet, creating a double or incomplete perforation. Wide, squared guard with imitation rivets 'attaching' it to the triangular blade. This has a central ridge with slightly concave flats. Blunted tip.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Analysis)
It is unclear to which period this forgery was intended to belong. Roman and Medieval are both possibilities that have been tentatively added to the Period field. It bears some possible stylistic similarities in design and manufacture to TEMP.03427, with which it was found stored in 2025. As this object was likely produced in the nineteenth century, this date and accordingly the 'Post Medieval' period have therefore also been tentatively added to the Period field.
Event Date 12/2/2025
Author: Sophie Wardle