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Description: | Cast copper alloy chape consisting of a U-shaped socket which is connected to an incomplete perforated terminal through a waisted constriction. The front of the chape is perforated by two small rivets which would have attached it to the scabbard. Part of the back and the lower terminal of the chape are missing. Much of the original surface is lost; however, there are traces of linear ornament on the terminal of the chape. Height 39.5mm, width 22mm, thickness 6mm, weight 9.8 grams. Chapes are terminals for leather scabbards which accommodated swords or daggers. Copper alloy chapes are a common detector find type which date from the medieval period until the nineteenth century. Unlike medieval chapes, which have a separate back plate, this example is a single casting suggesting that it is probably post-medieval in date. Supporting a late date is the fact that the distinctive waisted and perforated form of the chape's terminal is not paralleled by any of the published examples of medieval chapes (i.e. Ward Perkins 1940, 280-288; read 1995, 83-85, nos. 498-518; Murawshki 2000, 172, nos.M04-0501-M04-0502). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1540 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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