A pale shibuichi tsuba
By Isobe Isshu, late Goto school, late 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form with raised rim, inlaid in gold and silver honzogan and engraved in katakiri with peonies in a rain shower, the reverse inlaid with three butterflies, signed Isobe Isshu with kao.
7cm (2¾in).
FOOTNOTES
鐔　牡丹　銘「磯部一秀（花押）」　19世紀後期
　
For the maker, see Haynes, Index, no.H 01956. He worked in the second half of the 19th century and was a student of the second Funada Ikkin.