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SCABBARD
Unique ID: BERK-D8A093
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy open work sword scabbard chape dating to the 15th or 16th century. The chape is U-shaped, with the majority of the back plate missing. This is common as the back plate was made of a thinner sheet of alloy and rarely survive intact. The chape's openwork decoration consists of a large circular hole above a rectangular open panel, with another smaller hole beneath this panel. This decoration is mirrored on the oposite side of the raised vertical bar down the middle of the chape. There is a small knop that extends from the end of this bar, and comparisons show that there would have been an elaborate knop at the top of this bar above the main body of the chape. This is now broken and missing.
This chape measures 41.64mm long, 31.85mm wide and 3.56mm thick. It weighs 7.4gms. An exact comparison can be made with Fig 2 on p71 of Bailey's Detector Finds 2.
Class: chape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1599
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.64 mm
Width: 31.85 mm
Thickness: 3.56 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2009 338
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Openwork
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: South Stoke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6184
Four figure Latitude: 51.5516
Four figure longitude: -1.121617
1:25K map: SU6184
1:10K map: SU68SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 71 | 2 |
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