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Description: | An early Post Medieval cast copper ally scabbard chape. The chape is an elongated trefoil with a slightly curved integral horizontal bar across the upper edge. The surface is decorated with crescentic grooves radiating out from the centre. The reverse has a integral clip at the lower edge. The clip is a elongated rectangle which had been folded upwards forming a ??U shape in profile with the reverse of the chape. At the upper edge on the reverse there is a small rectangular platform. This does not appear to have a broken surface, but its function is unknown. The chape measures 27.26mm long, 13.9mm wide and 6.17mm thick. It weighs 4.1g.
David Williams (FLO Surrey) identified this as a scabbard chape of the early Post Medieval period. The decoration is similar to that found on sword-belt fittings of the same date (Gaimster, D. 1987 ??Two Post Medieval Sword-Belt Fittings From Pyecombe, West Sussex?? Sussex Archaeological collections Vol. 125). | Subjects: | Chape | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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