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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy quillon dagger guard of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The guard is an irregular shape with an oval section squat cylinder shape in plan at the centre with two arms that are circular in section, one to either side of the central section. The central section has a sub triangular hole which tapers top to bottom and is therefore smaller on one side than the other. Both the arms and centre piece have moulded decoration consisting of angular decoration of the centre piece with a raised square section on each outer face which has some insized zig-zag decoration. The arms are each decorated with a raised collar around the midpoint of the arms and then towards the finials they have 4 incised grooves which run in spirals down the remaining length of the arms to create a quatrefoil shaped ends which and flare slightly.This quillon or dagger guard is of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, with parallels on the PAS database (see for example ESS-CF3053, DENO-B36372 or SF-7ECEA4) and from Medieval London (London Museum Medievgal Catalogue, 1967: pp. 40, figs. 6-7) suggesting a date range between the 14th and 17th centuries AD (c.1300-1700).
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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