Hand guard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
72 x 64 x 2 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328819
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) - Gote style of Sambaso dancer. Oval shape. Blade hole and one other hole one side of it. The dancer, gold cloud beside blade hole, a bridge, 3 flowers and hanging sticks. Gold cloud and two arrows on reverse.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.