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Description: | A Post Medieval, squashed, copper alloy scabbard chape (1500-1600), measuring 42.55x20.04x11.15mm and weighing 11.2g. The width of the scabbard chape indicates it would have served for a dagger rather than a sword. The chape has been made out of folded sheet with a soldered seam, now broken apart. It is 17.93mm wide at the top opening, and tapers downwards from here to a diameter of 10.93mm, where it is solid, and below which is a solid knop (8.02mm diameter, 4.5mm high), presumably soldered on.Egan notes (2005, 192) that chapes were fashionable during the 16th century but had diminished in appeal by around 1600. Reference: Egan, G. 2005. Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition. MoLAS Monograph 19: London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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