Record ID: LEIC-E4D686
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy dagger chape 23mm long, 8mm wide and 4mm thick. the object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.31 grams. The object is triangular in form and semi-spherical in section. It is hollow and of even thickness and terminates with a spherical knop. It appears to be missing half, though the terminal looks intact and is flattened just above the knop as though to accomodate somnething? The most obvious purpose is a dagger chape or other protective terminal?
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-34ACA4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy dagger scabbard chape, 65mm long, 26mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a dark green patina and weighs 8.32grams. The object is sub triangular in form with one straight edge and one long curved edge which meets a diagonally aligned upper edge. The upper edge is decorated with a row of semi circular protrusions, below which are three circular holes of differing size. Below these is a raised border which runs diagonally along the object. It has rounded edges and its pointed base has a spherical knop terminal.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-C4FA03
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or later copper alloy dagger chape, 37mm long, 20mm wide and 14mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green patina. The object consists of a sheet turned into a cone shape and fixed with a single rivet. It has three sets of parallel incised lines running down its length.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-3E0381
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy dagger chape, 30mm long, 15mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.96 grams. The object consists of a cone made from a folded plate, which has its ends turned in. There is no obvious decoration and parts of the surface are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4BD061
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper-alloy pyramidal mount from a sword-scabbard, 16mm high and 15mm wide. It consists of a hollow pyramid with slightly turned-in lower corners forming a vertical lower wall. Its open base has an integral narrow rectangular strip or bar running across its centre, which would probably have held a strap. The surface of the pyramid has traces of gilding on each face, suggesting it once covered the whole object. The top is 6mm square and contains a rectangular slice of either glass or garnet (needs confirmation) which is cracked. This is held in place by a small rectang…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6DABF8
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy dagger chape, 34mm long, 17mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.28g. The object is triangular in form and oval in section and is formed by overlapping the metal, forming a cone.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-6DD646
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, 37mm long and 9mm in diameter the object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 5.60grams. The object is sub-triangular in form and circular in section and is made up of one plate which has been folded.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-F1FC91
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy sword chape, 27mm long, 25mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in good condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 6.15grams. The object consists of half a chape and is sub rectangular in form with a domed section. It is in the shape of a scallop shell with a heart shaped hole in its centre. It has soldering present all along its lower edge.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-6F5961
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or early post-medieval copper-alloy sword or dagger chape, 40.5mm long, 26mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 5.42g. The object is sub-triangular, with one straight edge and one curved edge joining at an angle; both of these edges are turned under at right angles to fit around the end of the scabbard. The remaining edge is shaped, now concave but perhaps incomplete, decorated with a series of small circular holes which sit above a raised rope-effect border running straight across the chape. There is a heart-shaped or tref…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-7F2E18
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval Frankish copper-alloy zoomorphic scabbard chape fragment, 28.7mm long, 25.6mm wide and 2.7mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs c. 5g. It is in the form of a helmeted moustached warrior with what appears to be serpents emerging from each side, which then curve round towards the face. The helmet is triangular in form and is represented by a raised band, above which are radiating incised lines running to the edges. The warrior has cup-and-ring eyes and has an angular nose guard in between. He has a moustache formed of chevron shaped inc…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-4CA137
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy sword chape, 52mm long, 34mm wide and 16mm deep. The object is in fair condition with a green/broan patina and weighs 26 grams. The chape is plain and triangular in form with an uneven, damaged upper edge. It terminates with a semi-spherical knop, 6mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-FE53B5
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval? copper alloy chape, 52mm long, 14mm in diameter with a weight of 14.42 grams. The object is formed of a tapering cylinder whose sides are about 1mm thick. The upper, wider end has a raised collar which is decorated with a band of three incised lines. The only other decoration is at the far end where the object bulges out to form a rounded terminal about 4mm high. The whole object has traces of a blakened surface which has worn away and now has a green corroded patina. The object is either a large cord tag or a small dagger scabbard fitting.
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 7th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-02E2F1
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sword chape, 17mm high, 21mm wide and 6mm thick The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 4.50grams. The chape is trapezoidal in form with the narrower end, 15mm wide, making up the base. It is made from one piece which has been folded over to form the two sides. The front is decorated with radiating incised lines and has a shaped upper edge, with a rounded knop at each end of a horizontal edge which has a small circular cut out in the centre. The reverse echoes the same form but it is missing about half of its area, this is also plain.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-0A3E81
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy dagger chape. 48mm long and 21mm wide at the top. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 5.21 grams. The object consists of a sheet which has been folded into a cone with a rectangular sectioned upper edge. It has very ragged edges and no sign of decoration.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-39F3A4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy scabbard chape 36mm long and 34mm wide. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 9.82 grams. The object is made up of a one sheet which is folded to form a V shape. Each terminal has a triangular upper shaped surface with a rivet in its centre. The lower part has a rectangular decorated base. The base has a central trefoil protrusion one side of uts upper edge and is decorated with two sets of incised diagonal lines running from a central vertical incised line. The other side may have once had trefoil decoration but is now missing. Below thi…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2005
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-CFB078
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval copper alloy Scabbard Chape , 48mm high and 32mm wide. This item would have been attached to the end of a scabbard. This object consists of a rounded triangular shape with three fleur de lys motifs creating a pattern across the top edge, below which are cut out circles forming a pattern. Below this, about a third of the way down the chape, is a horizontal line in relief. Below this, in the centre of the object, is a cut out slit about 16mm long which terminates in a trefoil motif. The object is completed by a small knob at the base.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-CE9694
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval Copper alloy Sword Scabbard Chape, 46mm long and 34mm wide. The object is in poor condition and is incomplete. It is the front plate of a scabbard terminal chape, it is shield shaped and has a spherical terminal. It has a raised ridge running vertically up its centre, which after 30mm meets a similar horizontal line. In the centre of the object and partially covering the vertical line is a cut out that resembles a spade, though would have once been an inverted trefoil. Above the horizontal line, the upper edge is decorated with a crown like terminal which has high outer …
Created on: Monday 26th April 2004
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-9E97A3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper allloy sword chape, 35mm long, 27mm wide and 6mm deep. The object is in good condition and weighs 3.56grams. It has a sub rectangular form and rectangular section, with a hollow underside. Its lower section is rounded and decorated to resemble a scallop shell, having radiating linear depressions. Its upper centre has a trefoil shaped cut out, which sits below a horizontal ridge. Above this the object is rectangle in form and has a scalloped upper edge, below which, above the trefoil, is a 'heart' shaped cut out.
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-961826
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy chape, 36mm long, 11mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.48grams. The object is conical in section and sub-triangular in form. It is formed of a folded sheet which is secured by an iron rivet. Its lower end is rounded and its upper edge is damaged. The object is probably a dagger/sword chape.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-04323B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy dagger chape, Length: 45 mm, width: 15 mm, thickness: 17 mm, weight: 8.12 grams. The object is formed of a single sheet of metal and is triangular in form and sub circular in cross section. It has a rounded base and shollow with tapering sides. Its front upper edge has two small triangular shaped recesses and the entire surface is tinned/silvered.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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