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Description: | Part of a cast copper alloy guard from a quillon-dagger which is 31.1mm long, 32.1mm wide and 16.9mm thick. Quillon-daggers were most popular during the 13th and 14th centuries, with the earliest example dating to the 13th century. Only the finger stop survives from this example. There would also have been a central block through which the tang would have fitted, and two arms forming the guard.The finger guard is shaped like a semi-circle in plan with a projection from the centre of the straight side. This would have continued into the main part of the guard. The semi-circle is quite thin and flat (2.6mm at the edge), but thickens back towards the projection and has a thickened centre rib. The projection is thicker than it is wide and flares thicker and thicker towards the break. The end is concave and pitted. The projection is decorated with a V shaped groove running along the top face. The semi-circular plate is also decorated with deep grooves across the straight edge and a raised square area with an incised cross quartering it. There are file marks on the reverse which is undecorated. The surface is worn with a deep green glossy patina. Further examples can be seen in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (1940), page 40 and examples on the database include GLO-6C30F0 and SUSS-4A5D54.
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