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SCABBARD
Unique ID: WMID-366230
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy composite box chape, from a sword or dagger scabbard, of probably the Early Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1500 to c. AD 1600.
The chape has been made from a front plate, and a U-shaped box back plate. It is broadly heater (shield) shaped, with a trifoliate top, there probably was a circular knop (with circular depression) at the base, but this is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The front plate has an embossed, moustached and bearded man as decoration, within a shield shaped cartouche. The box is made from a U shaped strip, fixed to a shield shaped flat back plate. Only part of the strip remains on the right side, the rest has broken away. The remaining strip protrudes out, away from the reverse of the plate.
It measures 22.8 mm in length and is 14.2 mm wide. It has a maximum thickness of 7.6 mm (when measured with the remaining strip) and the plate is 2.6 mm thick. It weighs 3.5 g.
The box chape is a dark green in colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.
Similar box chapes have been recorded on the PAS database as IOW-7D1643 and WMID-1AB1D8. The latter object was found in the same field as the object in this record.
Class:
Chape
Sub class: Box
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.8 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 7.6 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th August 2014 - Monday 11th August 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Astley and Dunley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7867
Four figure Latitude: 52.3006771
Four figure longitude: -2.32404231
1:25K map: SO7867
1:10K map: SO76NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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