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Description: | Lace chape
Medieval 1100-1540
Length 43mm, diameter 8mm, thickness <1mm
The chape is made of sheep copper alloy that has been wrapped around to form a cone, the ends form an overlapping seam and narrows down to a natural point. Neither the wide or narrow terminal ends have been folded inwards and finished off. There are no rivet holes. There are a series of slight horizontal ridges towards the tip that may indicate the artefact was once decorated.
The artefact is in a very poor condition having suffered heavily from corrosion, almost all or the original surface is missing resulting in a dark brown colour, there is only the occasional small patch of dark green, which would have been the original surface.
The were put on to the end of leather or textile laces to help not only protect the ends but also felicitate threading and act as a decorative addition to the clothing. The majority of the examples found come from 15th century contexts, but examples are found in illustrated texts as early as the 12th century such as that in the Winchester Psalter, and few examples found in 16th century (Egan, 1991, 281-286), suggesting a 1100-1540 date. | 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: | 1100
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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