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Lot 108

A Medieval Sword And A Detached Blade
Both Probably 12th/13th Century

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Medieval Sword And A Detached Blade
Both Probably 12th/13th Century

Both in excavated condition, the first with slightly tapering double-edged blade (some old lead repairs, point missing) with central fuller along each side extending into the tang, and disc-shaped pommel with chamfered edges (quillons missing); the second of broad double-edged form with shallow central fuller along each side with faint traces of interlace decoration (point, pommel and quillons missing) (2)
The first 61 cm. blade, 78.1 cm. overall, the second 67.8 cm. blade, 76.2 cm. overall

Footnotes

Provenance:
Probably part of lot 123, Christie's London, Catalogue Of The Interesting Collection of Arms and Armour Formed By The Late Dacre Kenrick Edwards, Esq., April 25, 1961

The form of the sword-pommel (Oakeshott Type I) suggests a date in the 13th Century. See R.E. Oakeshott, The Sword in the Age of Chivalry, 1964, p. 96

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