Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
Measurements
82 x 82 x 5 mm
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328896.3
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) made from brass. Square but with scalloped sides, and hearts shaped internally at the corners. The whole filled with dark coloured brass with embossed leaves. Single central hole for sword tang. On sword 1328896/SNO.A.303
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker