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Description: | A late Anglo-Saxon openwork scabbard chape made in cast copper alloy. The chape is incomplete as it would have had a long arm protruding upwards from the body of the chape to aid attachment to the scabbard. The chape depicts a Norman knight in conical helmet holding a kite-shaped shield, striding forward with the handle of a weapon (possibly an axe) over one shoulder, and apparently walking in front of a cart. The other side of the chape depicts a hunting scene, possibly an archer or huntsman standing next to an animal (possibly a deer or a fox, but also conceivably a hunting dog), which is looking back over its shoulder. At the base of the chape are two copper alloy rivets (intact). The chape measures 31.43mm long, 33.25mm wide and is 6.29mm thick. It dates to the early Norman period and is in very good condition. Similar examples have been recorded and researched by Woods and this chape would fit into his Type 4. See a particularly close parallel in The Searcher, April 2008, p. 60, no. 17, found in Kent, which is convincingly interpreted as a horse and rider with kite-shaped shield.
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