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Description: | A Medieval-Post Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, dating late 15th-16th century. The chape would have originally been roughly flat on the back and rounded on the front, though it has since been distorted through damage.The chape terminates in a globular knop and is otherwise undecorated. On the reverse are traces of a rivet hole, though there would have originally been another, now obscured by damage. The rivets are no longer present. The mouth of the chape has been severely damaged, with a crack extending all the way down to the base. There are further breaks running perpendicular to the largest, with a large section from the upper chape bent and distorted. The object has a light green pattination with light brown patches of discolouration, particularly on the front.A similar example to this can be seen published in Read (200, no. 680) and dates from the late 15th - 16th century.Dimensions: length: 68.44 mm; width: 42.94 mm; thickness: 1.42 mm; weight: 24.50g.Reference: Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Langport: Portcullis publishing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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