Scabbard Chape (NLM-6C0242)

A copper-alloy scabbard chape fragment found in Ulceby with Fordington, Lincolnshire

This possible scabbard chape fragment is very damaged but the reddish tint is often characteristic of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork

Object Type

Scabbard

Date

circa 1000 — 1100

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Anglo-Scandinavian, copper_alloy, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, scabbard_chape, sword, warfare

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme