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LOT 1935
Eastern Balkans Period Socketted Spear
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 in. (245 grams, 31 cm).
Socketed spearhead with a spheroconic transition; the long, square-sectioned point separated from the socket by a small sphere. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1960s.
From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
Cf. Manova, 'Die Mittelalterliche Bewaffnung nach einigen Wandmalereien aus Sudwestbulgarien wom 13.,14, und 15, Jahrhundert' in Bulletin de l'Institut d'Archelogie, XIX, Sofia, 1966, pp.67-82, fig.15.2.
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LOT 1935
Eastern Balkans Period Socketted Spear
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Scandinavian Viking Iron Sword with Silver Inlaid Hilt
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 10 | Current Bid: £440
Double-edged cutting sword of Petersen's Type K, with parallel-sided blade, shallow fullers showing some traces of pattern-welded construction and a possible inscription (+VLFBERHT+?) on both sides, short rectangular-section tang, boat-shaped lower guard with silver ring-chain ornament to the upper face; five-lobed pommel with remains of silver-sheet ornament to lower edge. 770 grams, 69.2 cm long
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13433-261728.
This blade of 9th or 10th century A.D. is most beautifully shaped bearing a possible ‘VLFBERHT’ inscription, with the iron inlay of pattern-welded form. The elements of the hilt are inlaid in silver. Petersen regarded his type K with its characteristic five (rarely seven) lobed pommel as being native by Frankish lands by the Rhine, and speculated that the type came to Norway in the first half of 9th century as a result of Viking raids. -
Stuart Period Iron Plate Armour Scarsella
Circa 17th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Curved in profile with recurved ends to the broad upper edge; carination around three edges, attachment rivets; extensive leather lining strips to reverse; later suspension wire for display. 270 grams, 21.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. From a gentleman's collection from East Sussex, UK.
Lower part of a tasset with the outer edges deformed due to repair work. Tassets are pieces of plate armour designed to protect the upper thighs. -
Medieval Iron Single-Edged Knife
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Featuring a slender triangular-section blade and a flat-section tang with rivets still in situ. 208 grams, 35.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
