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A Very Rare Medieval Boy's Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVIMid-14th Century, Possibly French
28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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Mid-14th Century, Possibly French
Mid-14th Century, Possibly French
In excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade of flattened ovoidal section with central fuller over two thirds of its length on both sides, hilt comprising slightly arched quillons with rounded tips, flat tapering tang, and chamfered wheel pommel
56 cm. blade, 67.8 cm. overall
56 cm. blade, 67.8 cm. overall
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired from Robert-Jean Charles, Paris, July 1950
Literature:
Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, To riddersværd i en dansk privatsamling, 1952, p. 31, fig. 5
Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 46, pp. 35, 78 and 85, figs. 7 and 21
For another boy's sword formerly in the Mrs. G.E.P. How Collection and sold in these Rooms, see Antique Arms and Armour ..., 25 July, 2007, lot 117
The quillons conform to Oakeshott's Style 7 with a pommel of Type I








