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Description: | A copper alloy scabbard chape dating from the late medieval or early post medieval period, AD1475-1600. The chape is a sub-shield shape with a slightly swollen lower half in plan. The upper edge is castellated in plan. The outer face of the chape is decorated with radiating grooves on the lower portion and two horizontal ridges on the upper. The reverse undecorated and has a lip around the edges, with the exception of the upper edge. Integral to the apex of the lower edge of the chape there is decorative knop. The surface of the chape has an incomplete mid brown coloured patina on the exterior, the interior has corrosion products on the surface. The chape measures 31.23mm long, 25.79mm wide and 6.51mm thick. It weighs 6.9gm.The style of the chape suggests it dates to the late Medieval, or more probably the early Post Medieval period. Ward-Perkins (Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940 London Museum: Medieval Catalogue London) classifies this type of chape as Type VI dating it to the late 15th to 16th centuries and suggests there is not enough detail to suggest whether the chape is from a dagger or sword scabbard.
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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