Chape

Description

Six fragments from a bronze chape (A-F), some of the pieces have a midrib.

Provenance

Priority rating: 2a
Associated literature: Robert Day, Find of Broken Things, including fragment of Sword Scabbard. Journal of the Royal Historical &Archaeological Society of Ireland. 1879. Vol 5. Part 1. George Eogan: The Hoards of the Later Bronze Age. University College, Dublin. 1983.
Current owner: Hunt Museums Trust. Limerick.
Previous owner 1: Mr and Mrs John and Gertrude Hunt (1900;1976;1903-1995) Owner Co Dublin Ireland Purchase Acquistion start date: 1939.
Previous owner 2: Mr John Brayfield Ball (1918-1940) Owner UK By descent Acquistion start date: 1938. Acquistion end date: 1939.
Previous owner 3: Captain John Ball (d.1938) Owner UK Purchase Acquistion end date: 1938.
Previous owner 4: Lawrence Dealer London UK Purchase Acquistion start date: 19/22 May 1913.
Previous owner 5: Robert Day Sotheby (1836-1914) Auction house Owner London Cork UK Ireland Purchase Acquistion start date: January 1870. Acquistion end date: 19/22 May 1913 19/22 May 1913.
Previous owner 6: Mr Day bought part of a hoard from a "marine- store dealer" in Mullingar, Co Westmeath. HCA 285 was part of this hoard, which was said to have been found in Co Roscommon. See associated literature, 1879

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