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Description: | One half of a composite cast copper-allloy sword or dagger chape of late medieval to early post-medieval date. The chape is sub-triangular in shape and measures 55.5 mm in length. It is 36.4 mm wide at its top and tapers to a knop at the bottom which is 7 mm wide. One of the chape?s sides is straight and the other curves to follow the curve of the blade. The chape is decorated with an openwork design of three sub-triangular petals in the centre, facing away from one another. Above this are two raised horizontal lines above which are a series of five circular perforations in a horizontal line, each measuring circa 4 mm in diameter. the reverse of the chape is hollowed to hold the tip of the blade. A similar example can be viewed on this database, reference SF-FC4B24. Whilst there are more common types of sword and dagger chape this curved type are seen fairly frequently. Such types date from the 15th to 16th centuries. | 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: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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