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Description: | Chape, probably from a sword-scabbard, made from copper-alloy sheet. At the apex is a globular knob, and from this the sheet-metal sides rise to form a flat triangle. It is not clear what the original cross-section may have been (probably oval) and the flattening has caused a split up one side. 16 mm from the top is a decorative groove. There is just one possible rivet hole, 4 mm in diameter, just below the groove. In addition to this, however, the top edges are crimped in, and this may have helped to secure the chape to the leather scabbard. There is pale matt green corrosion over a purplish-brown coppery surface. The chape is not one of the more usual medieval or post-medieval shapes, but from its construction it is likely to be medieval, perhaps pre-15th century. | 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: | 1066
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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