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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape (c. 1200-c. 1400 AD).This chape is sub-rectangular in plan and oval in cross-section. It has been made from a single piece of sheet copper-alloy and rolled to form the desired shape. At the top, on the front, it has a tri-lobed 'cut-out' and adjacent, to one side, is a small circular rivet hole. The rear face has an off-centre vertical soldered seam which has sprung apart throughout its length. The object appears to be undecorated.This chape is corroded and has a patchy dark green patina with some active corrosion deposits along the join where the piece was soldered together. The inside has superficial orange/buff deposits.40.15 x 22.11 x 11.65mm; thickness of sheet: 0.86mm. Weight:6.66g.For similar examples, see:Geake 2002: illustration 31; Read 2001: 83-84, figs. 57 and 58.
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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