The period of the great cathedrals and likely used in their construction/decoration. 8 ½” length with thin narrow blades or bits flanking an oval eye. Used to carve the sometimes massive stone decorative details on cathedrals, churches and castles. While that work was done mostly before raising it into place, the final fitting was done on scaffolding, sometimes hundreds of feet in the air. A dropped tool was a lost tool and today, the bases of those massive structures are yielding finds such as this to metal detector hobbyists.
