Record ID: HAMP-E1F274
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy scabbard chape for a dagger or small sword, dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval period (c.1450-1640). The surviving element is the thickly cast front-piece; the thinner backplate has been lost. The object is broadly U-shaped; at the lower edge it terminates in an expanding knop, rounded to the front and flat to the reverse. At the attachment end there is a semi-circular moulding within the incurve of the 'U', the ends curling inwards. Below the moulding is a large, central heart-shaped perforation. The object has a pitted surface but where the origi…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.