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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval or post-medieval chape from a scabbard. The chape is broadly shield shaped in plan, with curved (concave) sides which converge at the base, terminating in a rounded knop. The top of the chape has a series of concave edges which form a central lobe, which appears to be broken, flanked by pointed projections at either side. A raised rub runs down the centre of the front of the chape, decorated by a series of grooves, orientated at around 45 degrees. To either side of the median rib there are openwork designs consisting of a circle above a sub-rectangle. On the reverse, there has been loss of material, and only the outer edges adjoining the sides of the chape survive.
The chape has a pitted brown green surface. The inside of the foot of the chape includes an unidentified brown substance which may be leather from the scabbard. The chape is 43.6mm long, 26.5mm long, and 8.2mm wide. These are maximum dimensions. The chape has a mass of 8.86g.
The chape is most similar to Type II in the typological scheme published in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (Ward-Perkins, 1940, Figure 87). Ward-Perkins (ibid.) dates Type I to VI chapes to the late 15th or 16th century based on contemporary illustrations and dateable contexts of excavated of chapes from Fetter Lane, London. It is therefore likely that the chape described in this record dates from the late 15th or 16th century. | Subjects: | Chape | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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