knife circa 1480

Knife. ex. Thames at Billingsgate in the late 1980s. Flat tang with bone scales attached by three tubular rivets. The handle is inlaid with additional decorative brass inlays. The inlays alternate - two round with pairs of engraved lines (possibly bells) and two trefoils. Brass bolster plates with roped front ridge and curving up to overlap the handle scales and trefoil pommel with a line of wiggle-work decoration on each side. Stabilized blade. Ex. Coll. John Homan. 18.3cm (7.3 inches) [inv. num. K-146]