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LOT 1462

Large Medieval Iron Incendiary Fire Arrowhead

CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

8 1/4 in. (52 grams, 21 cm).

A tanged arrowhead with openwork lozengiform blade, the centre with a truncated vesica-shaped void.

Provenance

Acquired on the French art market.
From the private collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

The central void was included to allow cloth soaked in tallow to be bound around the arrowhead; this was ignited before shooting.

CONDITION

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LOT 1462

Large Medieval Iron Incendiary Fire Arrowhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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