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SCABBARD
Unique ID: LVPL-538EAA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.04 mm
Width: 25.61 mm
Thickness: 5.51 mm
Weight: 9.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Collingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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