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Unique ID: SUSS-672710
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Silver sword chape made from thin silver sheet folded over along its length to form a sheath. Covered with incised scale decoration and regular punchmarks, roughly incised circlets and chevrons at tip. The rough decoration on both sides seems to be a characteristic of early modern chapes and echoes that on leather scabbards.
Probably 16th-17th Century.
Notes:
As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Dr Dora Thornton
26/11/10 TVC valuation: £60, part donated
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Chicester District Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2009T744
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.2 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Weight: 5.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th October 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PS GW
Treasure case number: 2009T744
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Chichester Disctrict
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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