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Description: | Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, trapezoidal, cast in one piece and folded in two, face with short vertical cut-out trefoil, with engraved lines echoing form and perforation towards base, between forked arms with perforated terminals, one of which contains a copper alloy rivet (length 4mm). Back part between arms with broad concave notch between two sub-triangular points, decorated with two engraved annulets above three oblique lines. c.27-8 (reconstructed, slightly bent) x 37mm. Similar form to those illustrated in Hinton 1990 in Biddle, fig.348, nos.4030-1 and de Reuck 1991, p.3, top left and right. Norfolk finds include examples from Fransham, Heacham and two from Bracon Ash. 12th 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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