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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy quillon dagger guard of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). Length 75.0mm, overall width of central block, 25.0mm and thickness of central block, 8.5mm. Weight 67.81g.The central block is roughly oval in plan and rectangular in cross-section and has a length of about 30.0mm, a width 15mm and a thickness of 8.5mm. At the centre of this part, is an elongated oval hole, measuring 18.5mm x 7.0mm and filled with corroded iron, the remains of the dagger tang. The two arms are of unequal length but the overall length between each of their terminals is 75.0mm. Viewed from above, the arms have a width of about 4.0mm and viewed from the side, each arm expands in thickness from being about 8.5mm (as mentioned above) near the central block to 7.5mm at the terminals. Close to each of the terminals, on both faces of the arm, there is a decorative transverse groove. The finger stop projects outwards and turns downwards at an angle of about 90° from one side of the central block. It flares in width to form a fan shape and its upper face is decorated with three grooves radiating from the position of the 90°angle. Overall, the artefact has a light green patina and parts are covered with a concretion of iron corrosion which obscures much of the detail.This dagger guard is quite similar to one recorded from Alfriston Parish, East Sussex. However, the finger-stop on the Isle of Wight example is bent downwards at right angles to the central block. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SUSS-9322F7Published examples of quillon-daggers are illustrated in Ward Perkins J. B. 1940. "London Museum Medieval Catalogue". 39-42, plates VI-VII. Ward Perkins states that these artefacts are military daggers with the earliest examples surviving from the 13th century. There are "frequent representations in the Maciejowski Bible, c. 1250, passim, depicting a short, sword-shaped weapon, with quillons drooping slightly toward the point, and a lobed or circular pommel". This type of military dagger was common until the close of the fourteenth century when they were ousted in popularity by the rondel dagger. However, Ward Perkins notes that "they by no means went out of use at this time and representations of them occur at all periods".
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