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Lot 289
A Medieval SwordLate 13th/Early 14th Century
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£3,500 - £4,500
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Late 13th/Early 14th Century
Late 13th/Early 14th Century
In excavated condition, with broad straight double-edged blade with central fuller along each face of the forte with faint crosier-shaped mark (?) on one side and latten-filled orb and cross mark on the other, straight quillons of octagonal section, flat tapering tang, and flat disc pommel with chamfered edges
95.2 cm. blade
95.2 cm. blade
Footnotes
This sword conforms with Oakeshott Type XIIIb with a pommel of Type H. See Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword In The Age Of Chivalry, 1964, pp. 47 and 95, pl. 12, C








