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Description: | A crudely hand-made sheet copper alloy Medieval or Post Medieval sword or dagger chape, c. 14th-c. 15th century AD. The chape is made from a single sheet, which has been curved around to meet itself and is wider at one end with three sets of circular rivet holes opposite one another and the other end cut and folded inwards to form a crude base. It has been slightly crushed from deposition. It measures 30.19 mm long, 27.7 mm wide, 12.92 mm thick and weighs 7.39 grams. For a similar example, cf. Read 2001, No. 671, dated to c. 14th century.
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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