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Description: | An unusual probable medieval copper-alloy dagger chape. This chape appears to have been cast in one, it is tubular with a circular cross-section and measures 39mm in length and 14mm in width. The open end flares outwards slightly and its edge is decorated with four evenly spaced deep V-shaped notches, each one of these has a central circular rivet hole through it with small copper-alloy rivets in situ pointing into the chape. These rivets may have held this copper-alloy chape onto the rest of a leather scabbard fitting. One of the V-shaped notches runs deeper than the others and has a rectangular hole at its base, its function is unknown. No parallel could be found for this probable chape, tubular examples are ususally sheet rather than cast this one is likely to be the same date as the sheet examples 13th to 14th century.
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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