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A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type L (Variant)
First Half Of The 10th Century

Antique Arms and Armour including items from the E.A. Christensen Collection
28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Viking Sword Of Petersen Type L (Variant)
First Half Of The 10th Century

In excavated condition, with pattern-welded tapering double-edged blade with shallow central fuller along both sides, hilt comprising broad arched quillons, flat tapering tang, and pommel (probably missing its upper part) of inverted arch form en suite with the quillons
77.3 cm. blade, 89 cm. overall

Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired from Robert-Jean Charles, Paris, July 1950

Literature:
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 27, pp. 35, 67 and 70, figs. 7 and 13

For a similar example found at Wheelan, County Kildare and now in the National Museum of Ireland, see Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, pp. 82 and 83, illustrated

See also Jan Petersen, De Norske Vikingesverd, 1919, p. 124, fig. 102

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
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