Context (Display)
Associated hand-written display label reads: 'Dagger Chape. Late 15th-early 16th cent.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Bronze dagger chape, with one rivet
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
The form of this scabbard chape matches closely that described as a 'Type III' in J. B. Ward-Perkins. London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, pp. 284-286 (Anglia: Anglia Publishing, 1993).
Event Date 16/11/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy scabbard chape with decorated face and flat back. Socket gently flares towards mouth; lower section of chape is rounded with a small basal knob. Socket mouth decorated with a crenelated top below which sits a heart-shaped cut-out; below this is a horizontal raised collar which sits above the rounded lower section; face of lower section features a trefoil cut-out from which radiate grooved lines. Interior edge of chape has inward-facing flange onto which a separate plain sheet has been attached; now somewhat crumpled and pierced by two holes through which a metal wire has been threaded.
Event Date 16/11/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal