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Description: | A fragment from a cast copper-alloy dagger chape front plate, from a two piece chape. The plate has been cast in one piece. The chape tapers from a concave open edge to a rounded terminal. There is a rounded knop at the bottom of the chape. The back plate is missing. It dates to the late 15th - 16th century. Parallels for this object can be found in Biddle 1990, Volume II, page 1083 reference 4036; and Egan 2006, page 193 reference 1080. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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