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Lot 111

A Medieval Great Sword
First Half Of The 14th Century

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Medieval Great Sword
First Half Of The 14th Century

In excavated condition, with slightly tapering double-edged blade (lower two-thirds missing) with narrow central fuller along each face, ricasso with incised borders on each side, hilt comprising slightly curved faceted trumpet-shaped quillons, long flat tapering tang deeply struck on one face with a mark, a fleur-de-lys (?) in a shield, and large chamfered wheel pommel with prominent pyramidal-shaped button
32 cm. blade, 55.3 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

This is an example of a well-known type (Oakeshott's Type XVIA), of which many examples exist. See Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Middelalderens Tveæggede Sværd, 1954, II, pls. XIX-XX; and R.E. Oakeshott, The Sword in the Age of Chivalry, 1964, pp. 63-65

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