Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Lacquer
Measurements
64 x 60 x 4 mm
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328824
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) in lacquered iron. Oval shape with black lacquer flaking. Three holes to body, one for the blade. On sword 1328884/SNO.A.291.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker