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Lot 127

A Viking Sword Blade
5th/6th Century Or Later

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Viking Sword Blade
5th/6th Century Or Later

In excavated condition, broad, double-edged and slightly tapering towards the rounded point, the shallow central fuller over nearly its entire length on both sides very finely pattern-welded (some areas of restoration), now fitted with a reproduction hilt of Viking type
71.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance:
Christie's London, The Collection Of Arms and Armour Of The Late Dacre Kendrick Edwards, Esq. ..., 25 April 1961, probably lot 120

Literature:
Ian Peirce, Swords Of The Viking Age, 2002, pp. 26-27 (illustrated)

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