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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy scabbard chape of early medieval date. The chape comprises a single triangular openwork piece of metal which has been folded in half. The upper and lower plates bear a simple openwork design of three pierced circles and the folded edge has two rectangular cut-outs. The surface is decorated with faintly incised wriggle-work. To the wider end a rectangular projection extends from one side of the folded sheet and terminates in a worn break. A worn patch at the corresponding point on the opposite sheet suggests a second such projection was once present.The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The chape is 34.3mm long, 18.6mm wide, 6.1mm thick and weighs 5.3g.Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database as: KENT-9CAFD1, SUSS-4F09E6 and SOM-089B62. The latter record states that "chapes of this date are typically decorated with openwork depicting a horse and rider (de Reuck 1991), good examples are BH-96B701 and SUSS-6E6496". The current example is however a more simplified variant.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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