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 1328898.3
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) made from brass. Outline scalloped flower form with four internally formed fleur-de-lis. On sword 13288968/SNO.A.305
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker