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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy tongue-shaped scabbard chape or terminal of Later Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (c. AD 1450 - c. AD 1600). Length 35.0mm, width 22.8mm and 5.3mm thick. Weight 8.64g.This chape is similar to a Ward Perkins Type III (Ward Perkins 1940, 285, fig. 87), although the openwork decoration is of a different design. The back plate is missing and there is no evidence to suggest how one might have been attached.The object has been cast in one piece and has a convex front and a concave rear. In plan, it consists of two elements, a sub-rectangular upper section and a sub-oval lower section. The upper section consists of a four-crenellated top (the opening) and a rectangular panel, 6.0mm in depth which is defined by two transverse ribs. Within the panel are four decorative lozenge-shaped openings, although one of these is poorly defined.The lower section is symmetrical in plan and has a decorative lozenge-shaped opening from which eight grooves radiate. These grooves are, perhaps, intended to resemble a scallop shell. At the centre of the base is a blunt knop.The piece is corroded and there are traces of a black substance within some of the crevices on the lower section. The rear face is corroded and pitted and it is mainly covered with a mineralised dark grey/black substance which may be the remains of decayed leather.
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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