Hand guard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Lacquer
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328953.3
Summary
Painted metal tsuba (Japanese sword hand-guard) pierced with heart decoration and one hole to the side of blade space.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.