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Description: | Incomplete, post medieval 15th-16th century, iron dagger chape with terminal knop and trefoil decoration, 1400-1600. This is an iron chape for a dagger scabbard, it is conical, tapering towards the terminal which has a sperical knop on it. There is the remains of a trefoil decoration at the top end of the chape that has corroded. The apeture is oval in section and filled with concretion and probably the wood and leather remains of the scabbard. There is a weld line that runs down the side of the chape, this is where it has been hammered from sheet and then hammer welded shut. The object has taken on a dark black colouration with patches of red iron oxide in recesses.Length: 67.11mmWidth: 19.39mmThickness: 12.56mmWeight: 26g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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