A Medieval hand-and-a-half sword
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A Medieval hand-and-a-half sword
Oakeshotte type XVII
late 14th/early 15th century
With tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the forte on one side inlaid in latten with a running wolf mark above a further latten-inlaid mark (some latten missing), and on the other with a latten-inlaid crosier, hilt comprising straight quillons of rectangular section swelling towards rounded tips, long slender tapering tang, and faceted plummet-shaped pommel
length of blade 32 3/4in (83.2cm); length overall 41 1/4in (105cm)
Provenance:
Sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 11 May 2016, lot 100.
Footnote:
For a related sword in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IX. 16) and found in the River Thames, above London Bridge, see E. Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 167, XVII. 9.
Oakeshotte type XVII
late 14th/early 15th century
With tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the forte on one side inlaid in latten with a running wolf mark above a further latten-inlaid mark (some latten missing), and on the other with a latten-inlaid crosier, hilt comprising straight quillons of rectangular section swelling towards rounded tips, long slender tapering tang, and faceted plummet-shaped pommel
length of blade 32 3/4in (83.2cm); length overall 41 1/4in (105cm)
Provenance:
Sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 11 May 2016, lot 100.
Footnote:
For a related sword in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IX. 16) and found in the River Thames, above London Bridge, see E. Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 167, XVII. 9.
Condition
In excavated condition.
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A Medieval hand-and-a-half sword
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
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