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Description: | Cast copper alloy fragment probably from a post medieval sword basket hilt. The fragment is comprised of a tapering openwork curving hand-guard with thickened grooved ribs on either side and heart-shaped void in its centre. The widest end of the guard has a clean edge that is the extant remains of the rectangular slot that accommodated the blade. The narrower end of the guard terminates in three old breaks, one at each rib and the other at the central extension of the openwork guard at the base of the heart. The ribs at the blade end of the guard also terminate in old breaks, one flush and the other stubbed. At the wide end of the guard one side extends to a 17mm long broken projection running perpendicular to the sword blade. Related hilts are shown in Ford. R; Weapons, A Visual History of Arms and Armour p105. Circa 16th-17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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