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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy fragment taking the shape of a sword's hilt, with handle and quillons. To extend the analogy the 'pommel' is circular and features an incised, angular quatrefoil design. The reverse is plain. The 'quillons' feature stepped recesses, weak points at which the object has been damaged following old breaks. The central element ('blade') is also broken. It could have been that straps may have run between the central element and the two others. The motif together with the composition of the metal suggests a medieval date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1250
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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