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A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVIIIFirst Half Of The 14th Century
28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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First Half Of The 14th Century
First Half Of The 14th Century
In excavated condition, with long tapering double-edged blade of flattened ovoidal section, hilt comprising long quillons of slightly tapering rectangular section, long flat tapering tang, and large wheel pommel
100 cm. blade, 126.8 cm. overall
100 cm. blade, 126.8 cm. overall
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired from Robert-Jean Charles, Paris, September 1955
Literature:
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 45, pp. 35, 76 and 78, figs. 7 and 17
Quillons of similar form (Oakeshott's Style I) are first found in Viking graves of the 10th Century and were referred to by the Vikings as 'Gaddhjalt' (spike-hilt)








