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A copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape of probable Late Medieval to early post-Medieval date.

The chape has been cast in one piece. It is 'V-shaped' in plan, has vertical outer sides and is open at the back. The upper surface is divided into two by a vertical central ridge. Either side of this ridge is an openwork rectangle with a circular aperture immediately above. At the top, the ridge extends into a spear-like projection which is located between two decorative cut-outs in the horizontal upper side. Projecting downwards from the pointed base is a rounded knop. The chape measures 51.4mm long, 20.8mm wide and 7.2mm thick. The weight is 8.46g.

Region: East

County: Bedfordshire

District: Bedford

A cast copper alloy open work sword scabbard chape dating to the 15th or 16th century. The chape is U-shaped, with the majority of the back plate missing. This is common as the back plate was made of a thinner sheet of alloy and rarely survive intact. The chape's openwork decoration consists of a large circular hole above a rectangular open panel, with another smaller hole beneath this panel. This decoration is mirrored on the oposite side of the raised vertical bar down the middle of the chape. There is a small knop that extends from the end of this bar, and comparisons show that there would have been an elaborate knop at the top of this bar above the main body of the chape. This is now broken and missing.

This chape measures 41.64mm long, 31.85mm wide and 3.56mm thick. It weighs 7.4gms. An exact comparison can be made with Fig 2 on p71 of Bailey's Detector Finds 2.

A scabbard terminal or chape. The terminal is shield-shaped with a trefoil apex, a central rib and two cross-shaped apertures. The soldered back plate is missing.

Length: 52.09 mm

Width: 24.33 mm

Weight: 9.46 g

Region: South East And London

County: Oxfordshire

District: South Oxfordshire

Post Medieval copper alloy sword scabbard chape. The chape is D- shaped in cross section, the back plate is missing. The top edge has a concave aperture with rolled ends. In the centre is a cordate aperture at the base is a circular knop terminal.

Length 39mm, width 22mm, thickness 6mm, weight 5.97g

The chape is most similar to Type II in the typological scheme published in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (Ward-Perkins, 1940:285 Figure 87). It lacks the stepped central projection at the top and projecting knop at the bottom point but both could have been lost to very worn breaks. Ward-Perkins (ibid.) dates these chapes to the late 15th or 16th century based on contemporary illustrations and dateable contexts of excavated of chapes from Fetter Lane, London. He suggests (ibid: 284) "Metal dagger chapes were only used on the sheaths of military daggers or of the more elaborate forms of civilian dagger. The great majority of surving leather sheaths belonged to ordinary knives or knife-daggers and these have no metal terminal.“

Length: 39.9 mm Width: 26.3 mm Thickness: 5.3 mm Weight: 6.38 g

A cast copper alloy late medieval shield-shaped scabbard chape. The chape has two circular and two tapering rectangular apertures divided by a central raised band. The band is further decorated with a line of engraved stars.

Length: 39.18 mm

Width: 27.05 mm

Weight: 6.49 g

An incomplete cast copper alloy sword or dagger chape of late medieval to post-medieval date. The chape consists of a single plate from the tip of the scabbard which is sub-triangular in plan with a D-shaped section. The pointed end of the chape terminates is a slight knopped protrusion while the top is curvilinear and the main body is decorated with an openwork design consisting of two parallel cross shapes and a central trefoil orientated towards the tip. Some traces of silvering survive around the edges.

The metal has a dark blackish-brown patina and is worn. The chape is 39.3mm long, 26mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 8.1g.

Sheet copper alloy dagger scabbard chape. Triangular in plan with a rounded lower point that has a knop terminal. There is a ridge that runs down the centre of the chape which is flanked on either side by an openwork rectangular panel that has a roundel above and below. The top edge is truncated. The sides of the reverse extend down and a separate sheet copper alloy back plate would have been soldered into place, this is now missing

Length: 45 mm Width: 22 mm

Region: South West

County: Gloucestershire

District: Forest Of Dean

Sheet copper alloy dagger scabbard chape length: 29mm; width: 31mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 5.61g. This example is made from two sheets of copper alloy that form a front and back plate. These have been soldered together by a thick band of lead solder which is clearly visible down the sides. The rear plate has an openwork horizontal band at the top that extends from one side to the other. The front sheet is decorated with an openwork pattern of three vertical rectangles that have three roundels above and a single roundel below. The top edge of the chape in concave, the sides are slightly curved and the bottom is rounded with a slight point at the base.

An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape (c. 1200-c. 1500).

This chape is 'U'-shaped in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear.

The sides curve inwards from the top towards a central knop at the bottom. The upper part is stepped and has a circular hole below. This chape has a green patina on the outer face and the inner face is corroded. There is a patch of tinning on one side at the top.

Height: 34.33mm; width: 24.41mm; thickness: 6.16mm. Weight: 6.44g.

Region: South East And London

County: Isle Of Wight

District: Isle Of Wight