Context (Display)
Associated display board with pencil hand-written reads: 'Ixworth Bury St Edmunds 1910
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Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written label attached by string reads: '1910 ? Ixworth Bury St E.'
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for Z 27240 [A-G]: 'Assorted hand-guards, chapes and other 17th and 18th century sword fittings. 2 heavy brass hand guards, one marked 'Wilburton, Isle of Ely; 2 iron guards are marked 'Bartlow'; 2 tin fittings, one from scabbard top, the other from top of handle; 2 bronze chapes, Ixworth, 1910.'
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy object with open mouth and hinged corner, possibly part of a hinged container or similar object. Object is hollow and has a flattened, half-circle form with an extended lope at its apex. Mouth of object features two symmetrical flat, half-circle projections with scalloped portion removed from their apex; one corner of the object’s mouth features a small projection through which a hole has been pierced; the front and back face of the object feature an incised chevron below the mouth, pointing towards the extended lope; the lope features a small opposing incised arrow. One face of the object is dented in its centre.
Event Date 23/11/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal