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Lot 170
A Medieval Short SwordLate 14th/Early 15th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,500 inc. premium
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Late 14th/Early 15th Century
Late 14th/Early 15th Century
In fine excavated condition, with broad tapering blade fullered over most of its length on each side and of flattened diamond section to the point, hilt comprising straight quillons of tapering square section down bent at the tips, flat tapering tang, and heavy faceted kite-shaped pommel
58.5 cm. blade, 74.5 cm. overall
58.5 cm. blade, 74.5 cm. overall
Footnotes
Provenance:
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 December 2002, lot 45
For a sword with related hilt found in the River Ouse at Ely, Cambridgeshire, formerly in the Redfern Collection, and now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, see Ewart Oakeshott, Records of The Medieval Sword, 1991, pp. 158-159








