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Unique ID: HESH-76E340
Object type certainty: Certain
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A late medieval or early post-medieval (1400-1600) chape from a dagger scabbard. The chape is made from folded copper-alloy sheet that has been crimped and hammered at the edges to create the form. It is an irregular sub-triangular shape in plan, with tapering edges and an irregular oval shape in cross section distorted by movement in the ploughsoil. The foot of the chape terminates in an oval shaped knop. TThe mouth of the chape is thickened and has a rounded shaped collar below this is a decorative double transverse ridge / band. The outer surface of the chape has also been tinned. The chape has been damaged by movement in the plough soil. The patina is of a mid-dark green.
The chape measures 50.2mm in length, 40.2mm width, and is 7.5mm thick. The sheet metal it is formed from is 1.3mm thick. The chape weighs 16.88 grams.
Class: Chape
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.2 mm
Width: 40.2 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 16.88 g
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Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service; Object Entry Form: E. 01505
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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