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A Medieval Hand-And-A-Half Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVIILate 14th/Early 15th Century
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £8,125 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Medieval Hand-And-A-Half Sword Of Oakeshott Type XVII
Late 14th/Early 15th Century
Late 14th/Early 15th Century
In excavated condition, with tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the forte on one side inlaid in latten with a running wolf mark above a further latten-inlaid mark (some latten missing), and on the other with a latten-inlaid crosier, hilt comprising straight quillons of rectangular section swelling towards rounded tips, long slender tapering tang, and faceted plummet-shaped pommel
83.2 cm. blade, 105.3 cm. overall
83.2 cm. blade, 105.3 cm. overall
Footnotes
For a related sword in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IX. 16) and found in the River Thames, above London Bridge, see Ewart Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 167, XVII. 9








