A Very Rare Medieval Knightly Sword Of Oakeshott Type XIII
Late 13th/Early 14th Century, Probably Italian
With broad flat tapering double-edged blade reduced at the point and with shallow fuller extending over nearly half its length on both sides, the fuller on one side incised with a cross potent, and on the other with the Ottoman (St. Irene) arsenal mark at the forte, hilt comprising straight quillons of square section, large octagonal pommel with circular central recess on each face, flat tapering tang flattened over the top of the pommel, and old replacement wooden grips secured by three transverse iron rivets (some pitting overall)
83.5 cm. blade, 110 cm. overall
Saleroom notices
- Provenance:
August Dorgerloh (1819-1901) a famous art collector of the time from Gablauken, Eastern Prussia. Following his death he left his collection to the Konigsberg Academy of Art
It appears that the Ottoman (St Irene) arsenal mark has been added at a later date