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SCABBARD

Unique ID: CORN-5036E0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape, that is a waisted keyhole chape in plan, and sub-rectangular in profile and section. At the upper edge of the chape there are two curved protrusions to hold on to the leather scabbard like claws. The chape has a rounded base with a spherical knop at its apex, and is decorated with a double scroll below a central fleur de lis in a trefoil formation, with circular petals, below a linear band of rouletting, and all within a defined linear border that follows the edge of the chape. The back plate of the chape is missing and there are areas of black lacquer on the exterior surface of the chape, which looks too dark for it to be decayed red enamel.

Ward Perkins (1993) in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940 illustrates a similar example with an openwork fleur de lis in Plate LXXX, no.10, and also Type IV on page 285, fig.87, which is dated from the late 15th to the 16th century.

Read (2001) illustrates a similarly waisted chape decorated with a transverse band, trefoil and scroll, from east Devon on page 90, fig.58, no.687, which is dated from the 15th to the 16th century.

Class: chape

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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 11.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th April 2015 - Thursday 30th April 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ludgvan (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13526966
Four figure longitude: -5.49980675
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	90, fig.58,	no.687

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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