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Description: | A cast copper-alloy quillon dagger guard of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is sub-oval shaped in plan and rectangular in profile at the centre, with a trapezoidal perforation through which would have passed the tang of the dagger. Extending from one side of the object is an integrally cast and flat axe or scallop-shaped projecting terminal that has traces of a moulded X-shaped motif on its upper surface. The opposite side of the central plate has a single, central, vertical moulded groove. From each end of the object extend arms that are rectangular in section and form, set at an angle of 90 degreees to the plane of the central plate, and curve in opposing directions. They have moulded collars where they meet the centre of the guard, the upper and lower surfaces decorated with multiple diagonal grooves. Both have identical moulded decoration at their terminal ends. This comprises double transverse ridges with transverse grooves separated by a deeper groove on their outer faces, and on their inner faces two parallel transverse grooves joined by a single diagonal groove. The entire object measures 68.24mm in length, 36.36mm in width, 10.55mm in thickness, and weighs 47.60g.This is a guard from a quillon dagger similar to examples from Bosworth Field (LMMC: Fig. 10.7) and recorded on the PAS database (e.g. WMID-FBD951 or BH-DAC185). The Bosworth Field example is dated to the late-15th century AD (from the site of the Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485 AD) and suggests a date range at least as early as the 15th century and perhaps extending into the 16th century AD if not a little later.
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