Hand guard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
81 x 77 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328855
Summary
Tsuba; hand guard for a sword, signed Shigehide on the reverse. Oval, waisted shape. Blade hole in centre with a hole each side. Raised wood grain design and gold detail of cobwebs. Small spider and flowers on reverse.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Shigehide