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An early Post Medieval iron dagger with wooden split handle dating 1550 – 1625.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2011-02-08 14:30:53
Title
An early Post Medieval iron dagger with wooden split handle dating 1550 – 1625.
Description
English: An early Post Medieval iron dagger with wooden split handle dating 1550 - 1625. This knife has a scale tang which is bifurcated midway along the handle so there are two butts. There is a knife end cap remaining on one of the butts, the end cap is missing from the other. The remaining end cap is oval with a copper alloy plate terminal. The scale handle is wooden and secured by rivets; small sections of the handle are missing but the majority is still present. A copper alloy shoulder plate remains on one side of the blade at the junction with the handle but is missing from the other side. The blade tapers towards the point but the point is missing. It has a triangular cross-section tapering towards the cutting edge. There is a maker's mark of a cross approximately one third of the way along the blade just below the back of the blade.

Hazel Forsyth notes there are similar examples in the Museum of London's collections which date 1550-1625AD. She suggests this example is probably English.

Dimensions: length: 202.39mm; width of blade: 15.74mm; thickness of handle: 9.50mm; weight: 35.89g.

Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1550 and 1625
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 426003
Old ref: LON-D76814
Filename: Johannesen&Smith-knife-Dec10.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/315677
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/315677/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/426003
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Object location51° 30′ 38.16″ N, 0° 05′ 50.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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