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A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XI11th/12th Century
25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £18,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XI
11th/12th Century
11th/12th Century
In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with shallow central fuller over most of its length on both sides extending into the tang, the fuller on one side at the forte inlaid in latten with a plumed helm in profile, a shield and a cross potent in a circle, hilt comprising straight quillons of rectangular section, flat slightly tapering tang, and rounded Brazil-nut pommel
93.8 cm. blade, 107.4 cm. overall
93.8 cm. blade, 107.4 cm. overall
Footnotes
For two swords of similar type, one in the Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, and the other formerly in the D'Acre Edwards and Ewart Oakeshott Collections, see Ewart Oakeshott, Records of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 55, XI.3 and p. 61, XI. 8








