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Dress Chapes
& Knife Scabbard Chapes
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Dress chapes
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 Chape
with piercing
CH01
Object: Chape
Culture: Tudor. 15th-16th century
Area of Origin: Greenwich, England
Material: Brass
Size: 43mm length
Weight: 0.54 grams
Notes: Folded metal construction with piercing for stitch.
Aglet tapers very slightly towards the end.
Foreshore find in front of
one of Henry VIII's palaces, Greenwich, England.
Similar to: MoL Egan
& Pritchard Dress Accessories, Item 1428, Swan Lane, Upper
Thames Street, London
Similar to: MoL Egan & Pritchard Dress Accessories,
Item 1414 Baynard House, Baynard Castle Dock, London.
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 Chape
with possible remnant
CH02
Object: Chape
Culture: Tudor. 15th-16th century
Area of Origin: Greenwich, England
Material: Brass
Size: 30mm length
Weight: 0.28 grams
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Notes: Folded metal construction with piercing for stitch.
Possible fragment remains inside.
Foreshore find in front of
one of Henry VIII's palaces, Greenwich, England.
Similar to: MoL Egan
& Pritchard Dress Accessories, Item 1428, Swan Lane, Upper
Thames Street, London
Similar to: MoL Egan & Pritchard Dress Accessories,
Item 1414 Baynard House, Baynard Castle Dock, London.
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 Chape
with piercing
CH03
Object: Chape
Culture: Tudor. 15th-16th century
Area of Origin: Greenwich, England
Material: Brass
Size: 24mm length
Weight: 0.1 grams
Notes: Folded metal construction with piercing for rivet
or stitch. Aglet does not taper, but is a consistant width the
entire length.
Foreshore find in front of
one of Henry VIII's palaces, Greenwich, England.
Similar to: MoL Egan
& Pritchard Dress Accessories, Item 1428, Swan Lane, Upper
Thames Street, London
Similar to: MoL Egan & Pritchard Dress Accessories,
Item 1414 Baynard House, Baynard Castle Dock, London.
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 Chape
with piercing
CH04
Object: Chape
Culture: Tudor. 15th-16th century
Area of Origin: Greenwich, England
Material: Brass
Size: 25mm length
Weight: 0.21 grams
Notes: Folded metal construction with piercing for rivet
or stitch. Aglet tapers towards the end.
Foreshore find in front of
one of Henry VIII's palaces, Greenwich, England.
Similar to: MoL Egan
& Pritchard Dress Accessories, Item 1428, Swan Lane, Upper
Thames Street, London
Similar to: MoL Egan & Pritchard Dress Accessories,
Item 1414 Baynard House, Baynard Castle Dock, London.
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 Chape
with piercing
CH05
Object: Chape
Culture: Medieval
Country of Origin: UK
Material: Brass
Size: 24mm length
Weight: 0.3 grams
Notes: Folded metal construction with piercing for rivet
or stitch.
Similar to: MoL Egan & Pritchard Dress Accessories,
Item 1414 Baynard House, Baynard Castle Dock, London.
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 Chape
with etching
CH06
Object: Chape
Culture: Medieval
Country of Origin: UK
Material: Brass
Size: 40mm length
Weight: 1.89 grams
Notes: Possibly aglet. Rolled metal tube with decorative
lines etched.
UK Metal Detecting Group.
Similar to: PAS Sleeve
fastener
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Knife or dagger scabbard chapes
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 Chape
Knife or dagger scabbard
KCH02
Object: Knife chape
Culture: Medieval
Area of Origin: Southwark Bridge, Thames River. England
Material: with gold gilding
Size: 11mm x 30mm
Weight: 2.93 grams
Notes: Chape is constructed from sheet metal folded to
shape. The chape has a number of decorative V s around the opening
on one side only.
Item found near Southwark
Bridge on the Thames River, England on the north side of the river
in the 1980s.
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Chape
Knife or dagger scabbard chape
KCH01
Object: Chape
Culture: Medieval
Country of Origin: UK
Material:
Size: 35mm length
Weight: 3.98 grams
Notes: Chape is made of folded metal with the seam at the
back. Undecorated. Likely to be used at the terminal of a knife
or dagger or scabbard.
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