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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SOM-9B8C81
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy scabbard chape, probably for a dagger. The chape is tongue shaped, ie with sides that are gradually converging from the top to the triangular base with a projecting angular knop at the lower point. It is C-shaped in section, hollow on the reverse (apart from the knop) with thin convex curved sides and slightly convex front. The upper edge is formed into three triangular points, the central one broader. It is decorated with two transverse ribs, one c11mm from the top, the other c11mm from the bottom (excluding the knop). The front appears to have been lacquered, possibly with a mixture of linseed oil and soot.
Length 54.5mm; width 24.9; thickness/curvature 5.2mm; weight 7.72g.
De Reuck (1991: np) includes a very similar, identically sized chape, and dates such chapes to the 16th century.
For a very similar object see LIN-2FE9F1.
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: 54.5 mm
Width: 24.9 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 7.72 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019432
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Henstridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| de Reuck, A. | 1991 | Dating Sword Chapes | Privately circulated |
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