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A Medieval Sword Of Oakeshott Type XI11th/12th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,750 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 heavy broad tapering double-edged blade with shallow central fuller over most of its length on each side, both sides at the forte incised with a cross potent, hilt comprising straight quillons of rectangular section tapering to the tips, flat rectangular tang, and rounded Brazil nut pommel
91.2 cm. blade, 106 cm. overall
91.2 cm. blade, 106 cm. overall
Footnotes
For a related sword formerly in the Morgan Williams and R.T. Gwynn Collections see Ewart Oakeshott, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 54, XI. 1-2








