Large Medieval Bronze Sword Pommel

1300-1400 A.D.

1 7/8 in. (114 grams, 48 mm).

Of 'wheel' type, Ward Perkins 1940, Type VIII; octagonal in plan with chamfered edges and roughly circular in section, a rectangular perforation running through the length of the object, wider at the blade end and narrowing at the butt end; at the base; the perforation off-centre and worn to one edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Warslow and Elkstones, Staffordshire Moorlands, West Midlands, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.WWID-94E7C5.

Literature

See Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991, item XIV.5.

CONDITION

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