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Description: | Sheet copper alloy dagger scabbard chape length 57mm, width 22mm, thickness 2mm, weight 5.39g. This is example is made from sheet copper alloy, less than 1mm thick, it has been folded into a triangular shape, the tip is missing. The body of the chape is covered in repousśe decoration consisting of a line 7mm from the top and another 10mm below with floral decoration in between, four lines of alternating starbursts with another line below, there maybe decoration in the last section but that is obscured by damage. On the reverse the seam is off-centre the edges are butted together and soldered. There are three rivet holes at the top, one on the front and one on either side of the seam.The overall condition of this object is poor with corrosion eating away at the whole of the surface. Examples are known from archaeological contexts in London and have been dated to the 14th-16th centuries (Ward, 1967, 280-288). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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