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Description: | A copper-alloy guard from a quillon dagger of possible Late Medieval date.The central block takes the form of a cuboid with slightly bowed sides. Extending vertically down the centre is a rectangular aperture, into which the tang would have slotted. Projecting forward from the front vertical face of the block is a guard in the form of a now-damaged circular frame. An arm protrudes outwards from each narrow end of the block. Both are of circular section and have been bent, roughly at a right-angle, in opposite directions. At the end of each arm is a finial comprising a band of two ridges and a central groove, and a flattened bi-conical terminal with a projecting knop at the centre. The object measures 63.3mm long, 34.2mm wide and weighs 12.34g.A quillon with this form of bent arms is seen on a commemorative brass of Edward fforde at Swanswick, Somerset, who died in 1439. It is illustrated by Ward-Perkins (1967: 44/fig. 9, no. 3).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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