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Description: | A cast 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 has a 'W' shape created by the removal of two V-shaped notches. Below this is a cast raised transverse ridge. The base of the chape is decorated with a moulded scallop shell design created with 10 deep grooves which radiate out from a central point. The object terminates with a projecting rounded knop.File marks are visible on each face of the object. The sheet back plate is now missing; at the join there appears to be a white metal solder. The object has a smooth dark green patina.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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