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Description: | An extremely elaborate cast copper alloy guard from a quillon-dagger.
Quillon-daggers were most popular during the 13th and 14th centuries, with the earliest example dating to the 13th century.
The central block is sub-rectangular with a sub-rectangular slot for the tang of the dagger. The central block has been decorated with a series of horizontal incised lines on one face and a series of vertically incised lines on the other.
The projecting arms are rectangular in section and taper then expand towards the terminals; the terminal proper is wider than the arms and are finished with a rectangular knop. The arms are decorated with incised dashes, on both surfaces. The knops are decorated with horizontal lines on opposite faces.
The finger stop projects outwards and downwards from one side of the central block. It flares to form a rounded edged plate; similar in shape to a shell. This plate also has chamfered edges. The upper surface of the stop is decorated with three heavily incised lines radiating down from the block. The lines have then been further decorated with incised zig-zag lines. This design has itself created four cells. Each of the four cells is decorated with incised dashes. The reverse of the stop is undecorated.
Further discussion of this type of dagger can be seen in Medieval Catalogue (1967), p 40-2, with a similar example draw on p49. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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