A Medieval incomplete cast copper-alloy quillon dagger guard dating c. 1200 - c. 1400. This guard has a central sub-rectangular body, with large rectangular hole through which the dagger tang would pass, with one surviving arm, the other is broken and missing, and a small rectangular projection set at right angles to the arms. The remaining arm has a rounded cross-section which tapers in the middle before slightly expanding at the flat terminal. It is decorated with a double incised line forming a border just before the terminal and a cross on the end of the terminal. The body of the guard is decorated with incised cross-hatching set within a double band of incised lines. The copper alloy has a mid green patina which also covers the surface of the broken arm.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
This dagger guard is quite similar to others recorded from Alfriston Parish, East Sussex, Brighstone Parish, Isle of Wight and Wem Rural Parish, Shropshire. See Portable Antiquities Scheme finds: SUSS-9322F7, IOW-585324 and HESH-1C7790. Published examples of quillon-daggers are illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940:39-42, plates VI-VII). Ward Perkins states that these artefacts are military daggers with the earliest examples surviving from the 13th century. There are \"frequent representations in the Maciejowski Bible, c. 1250, passim, depicting a short, sword-shaped weapon, with quillons drooping slightly toward the point, and a lobed or circular pommel\". This type of military dagger was common until the close of the fourteenth century when they were ousted in popularity by the rondel dagger. However, Ward Perkins notes that \"they by no means went out of use at this time and representations of them occur at all periods\".<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Dimensions: length: 18.58mm; width: 44.44mm; thickness: 12.25mm; weight: 27.95g.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Reference: Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1993. London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940. Anglia Publishing; Ipswich.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"LON-988294","id":"425691","objecttype":"Dagger","classification":"Quillon","subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-01-21 13:20:41","broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","updated":"2011-01-21 13:23:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4D3988290018EA","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"createdBy":"523","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"425691","old_findID":"LON-988294","uniqueID":"PAS4D3988290018EA","objecttype":"Dagger","classification":"Quillon","subclass":null,"length":"18.58","height":null,"width":"44.44","thickness":"12.25","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1200","numdate2":"1400","description":"
A Medieval incomplete cast copper-alloy quillon dagger guard dating c. 1200 - c. 1400. This guard has a central sub-rectangular body, with large rectangular hole through which the dagger tang would pass, with one surviving arm, the other is broken and missing, and a small rectangular projection set at right angles to the arms. The remaining arm has a rounded cross-section which tapers in the middle before slightly expanding at the flat terminal. It is decorated with a double incised line forming a border just before the terminal and a cross on the end of the terminal. The body of the guard is decorated with incised cross-hatching set within a double band of incised lines. The copper alloy has a mid green patina which also covers the surface of the broken arm.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
This dagger guard is quite similar to others recorded from Alfriston Parish, East Sussex, Brighstone Parish, Isle of Wight and Wem Rural Parish, Shropshire. See Portable Antiquities Scheme finds: SUSS-9322F7, IOW-585324 and HESH-1C7790. Published examples of quillon-daggers are illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940:39-42, plates VI-VII). Ward Perkins states that these artefacts are military daggers with the earliest examples surviving from the 13th century. There are \"frequent representations in the Maciejowski Bible, c. 1250, passim, depicting a short, sword-shaped weapon, with quillons drooping slightly toward the point, and a lobed or circular pommel\". This type of military dagger was common until the close of the fourteenth century when they were ousted in popularity by the rondel dagger. However, Ward Perkins notes that \"they by no means went out of use at this time and representations of them occur at all periods\".<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Dimensions: length: 18.58mm; width: 44.44mm; thickness: 12.25mm; weight: 27.95g.<\/p>
\n<\/p>\n\n
Reference: Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1993. London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940. Anglia Publishing; Ipswich.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-01-21 13:20:41","updated":"2011-01-21 13:23:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":"3","reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":"Good","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Mrs Kate Sumnall","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Mrs Kate Sumnall","county":"KENT","parish":"SOUTHFLEET","district":"DARTFORD","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"TQ6270","map25k":"TQ6270","map10k":"TQ67SW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":"From Finder","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"313144","f":"Chivington - Med quillon - Nov 11.jpg","imagedir":"images\/ksumnall\/"}]}