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Description: | A complete copper-alloy dagger chape. The front of this chape has been cast and the back copper-alloy plate soldered on. The chape is roughly rectangular in shape and measures 32mm in length, 23mm in width, at its widest point and 6mm thick. The front face is convex and the open rim has U-shaped notches along it. Below this, just before the terminal there is a transverse moulding. The terminal of the chape flares outwards and is rounded, it is decorated with a small central circular indentation and three grooves, which radiate outwards from each side of this. There is a knop projecting from the centre of the terminal edge. The back face is flat and there is a transverse piece of copper-alloy wire through it at the top of the open end near to its edge. This wire has been pushed through and its two pointed terminals can be seen inside the chape, its function is not clear. This chape is most likely to be 15th or 16th century in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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