Edo period (1615-1868), 17th-19th century Comprising a shallow oval iron cup-style tsuba decorated on both sides with a bell flower, the obverse in shallow takabori and finished in silver nunome-zogan, the reverse carved in kebori, the ground decorated in silver nunome-zogan, with inome pierced at the four corners; a circular iron plate pierced with large hitsu-ana, inscribed Tadatoki saku; an iron sukashi tsuba pierced with insects in blossoming autumn plants, signed Echizen no ju Kinai saku Each with a wood tomobako storage box 3 1/8in (7.9cm) diameter, the largest