AN OCTAGONAL IRON ISHIMEJI TSUBA decorated with a butterfly and iris in iroe takazogan, 19th century, 7.5cm.; an irregularly shaped iron tsuba, a crab and foliage in yosukashi and nikubori, Kyo-sukashi, (slight pitting), 7.5cm.; a broad oval iron tsuba carved in low relief with a mass of kiku, gilt details, shakudo rim, inscribed Yamakichi, the reverse with a gingozan mei Ikko, Umetada school, 19th century, 8.3cm.; an aorigata tanto tsuba, tsuchimeji, insects in shakudo and gilt takazogan, 19th century, 6.2cm; a mokkogata iron tsuba, tsuchimeji, flowers in copper zogan by a stream, 19th century, 7.6cm.; an oval iron tsuba, yosukashi, nikubori and gold nunomezogan of a helmet and gunsen, Bushu school, 19th century, 7.1cm.; an aoigata iron Hizen tsuba, gold and silver nunomezogan and low relief carving of a Chinese scene, 19th century, 8.1cm.; and oval iron tsuba, tsuchimeji, with a stylised piercing, 17th century, 6.8cm.; an oval iron tsuchimeji tsuba, a bird perching on a tree stump, iroe details, 19th century, 7.5cm.; an oval iron tsuba, a dried fish in shishiaibori, signed Bushu ju Masahisa (overcleaned), 19th century, 7.5cm.; and an oval brass tsuba, marubori, an eagle upon a tree, 19th century, 6.7cm. (11)