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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy quillon dagger guard. Central block oval in plan (length 18.7mm, width 14.1mm) and rectangular in section (thickness 9.0mm), with trapezoidal hole (length 11.5mm, width min 3.6mm & max 5.1mm) to take the tang. Rounded arms or quillons, flat on the blade side and drooping towards the point; there is a groove around the lower (drooping) part of each quillon. Pelta-shaped finger stop. Fine dark brown patina. Length (from bottom of drooping quillons to top of central section) 17.7mm, width (across quillons) 42.5mm, thickness (from side of quillons to end of finger guard) 33.0mm, weight 41.98g.Ward Perkins 1940 ('London Museum Medieval Catalogue') p.40 notes that these are military daggers with the earliest surviving dating from the early 13th century; they were common until the end of the 14th century when roundel daggers became more popular although Ward Perkins points out that they did not go out of use and representations of them "occur in all periods".
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