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Description: | Late medieval copper alloy dagger chape, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The chape is near-complete (with a length of 54.2mm and a weight of 11.5g). The chape is constructed of sheet metal (0.8mm thick) with a clear seam and a folded end, now damaged. The mouth is of oval section (26.3mm x 10.1mm) with no faceting; the sides are straight and converge towards the base (13.0mm x 6.7mm). There is a separate applied and soldered (now loose) decorative band (4.4mm wide) positioned beneath the mouth. Beneath the band on both sides are small oval apertures, formed by punching through from the exterior. The band has a central groove and is flanked above and below with vertical notches. Elsewhere there is no applied decoration on the chape. The surface has a pale-green patina with areas of remnant solder around the band and the seam.The chape can be broadly paralleled with an example recovered from excavations at Norwich (Margeson 1993, page 227, no. 1856) .
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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