A BROAD OVAL IRON TSUBA, plovers in shakudo takazogan flying above the waves, the reverse with silver plovers, 19th century, 8.1cm.; a round iron tsuba decorated with a Chinese sage in iroe takazogan, 19th century, 7.8cm.; an oval iron tsuba, the plate covered with a shippo design, signed Seiriuken Eiju, 19th century, 6.7cm., and an oval iron tsuchimeji iron tsuba, a snake in copper takazogan, 18th century, 6.7cm.