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Description: | Lead AlloyScabbard Chape. Cast oval cylinder with two vertical moulded lines representing seams, a plain upper border, and a fish-scale pattern overall. A pair of hatched ovals adjacent to one modelled seam may represent tassels. Pierced at base. This unusual skeuomorphic piece imitates various features of a copper alloy sheet metal chape, for which this material would be less suitable. It may be related to the lead alloy copies of jewellery in vogue in the 13th century. It could, however, have been used as terminal for the end of a leather or wooden knife sheath, as is suggested by its damaged end. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350.Length: 23.9mm, Width: 14.2mm, Thickness: 1mm, Weight: 3.30gms.
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