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LOT 1724
Anglo-Saxon Broken-Backed Knife
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (23 grams, 13.1 cm).
Single-edge knife blade with curved forward edge to the point, short tang, straight cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 2000s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
This kind of knife was called handseax in Old English, a small domestic knife also useful for cooking and general craftwork.
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