Katana
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1850 - 1900
Materials
Steel, Brass, Wood, Textile
Measurements
40 mm (Width); 940 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328900.1
Summary
Japanese katana sword with unsigned shortened steel blade from the mid nineteenth century. Wooden handle has metal ferrule decorated with copper coloured leaf pattern and is covered with brown textile webbing.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.