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Description: | A cast copper alloy dagger chape. All that survives is the 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 knopped terminal, with a central heart shaped aperture. The upper (open) edge is curved with a deep curve. The back plate is now missing. The metal is a dark jade-green colour and it is very smooth and shiny. It dates to the 14th - 16th century. Parallels for this object can be found in Biddle 1990, Volume II, page 1083 reference 4036; and Egan 2006, page 193 ref: 1080.
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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