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Medieval lace tag
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None, Julian Watters, 2008-08-27 11:16:07
Title
Medieval lace tag
Description
English: A copper-alloy lace tag, or 'chape', of probable 14th or 15th century AD date (see Egan and Pritchard, 1991, p. 284-5).

The artefact has been made from a piece of sheet metal which has been rolled into an open-ended cone. A vertical seam is clearly visible on the back.

The object is squashed and corroded but retains patches of a dark green patina. It measures 53.2mm long, 7.1mm wide and 6mm thick. The weight is 4.07g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1300 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 229808
Old ref: BH-520040
Filename: Post med chape 08 78 - 16.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/185495
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/185495/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/229808
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