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Description: | A copper alloy and gilt possible scabbard chape which probably dates from the post medieval period. The chape consists of a cast convex front piece and possibly a sheet back plate which is mostly missing. The chape is 29.1mm long, 18.1mm wide and 4.6mm thick. The front piece is sub triangular with a truncated and rounded lower point and the top is broken. It looks as if the top edge would have been V shaped, but the plate is broken into two pieces so this is not certain. The front of the chape is moulded into what appear to be foliage designs, but the metal is corroded and the decoration is mainly unintelligible. A raised transverse bar moulded into seven lobes divides the front of the chape into two sections. Much gilt survives on the surface. The reverse of the chape is hollow. A small part of the back plate survives at the closed end and is also gilded. The artefact has a deep but patchy green patina. Medieval and post medieval scabbard chapes are similar in shape. Some medieval dagger chapes are illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940), but no close parallel for this object has been found.
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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