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Description: | A Post Medieval cast copper alloy dagger guard (also known as a crossguard or quillon), probably dating to the 17th century AD. The central plate is sub-oval in plan with a central rectangular aperture where the hilt of the blade would have passed. The outside of the plate is decorated with four sets of trilobed knops at opposite ends to one another. One arm of the guard is missing; the other one is decorated with a winged cherubic figure or a depiction of Eros. The figure consists of a spherical head with the remains of impressions for eyes, forehead, nose, cheeks and mouth; the ears and hair have become abraded from surface wear. The figure barely has any neck, with pronounced shoulders, chest and sculpted torso and comparatively small and skinny arms and legs, which are curved to the shape of the quillon. The legs criss-cross at the base of the quillon and the lower portion of the legs and feet are missing due to the position of the connecting point to the oval guard base. The figure is moulded in the round, with a possible bow held in the crook of his left arm and on the reverse the arrow quiver is positioned across his back in between two small wings and above his buttocks and crossed legs. The object has an even dark bronze colour. It measures 66.4 mm long with the remaining figure. It is 23.9mm wide and 6.2mm thick at the cetral plate. The aperture is 15.5mm long and 9.5mm wide. It weighs 34.55 grams. Cf. PAS database record: DOR-101F87.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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