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LOT 0944
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,163
MEDIEVAL IRON DISC-POMMEL SWORD
(Iron, 1.4 kg, 111 cm.).
(Iron, 1.4 kg, 111 cm.).
Circa 14th century AD. A long sword with hand-forged iron blade, disc pommel of Oakeshott's type H, round-section quillons of type 2; the blade narrow with shallow fuller for most of its length.
PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Oakeshott, E. Records of the Medieval Sword, p.90.
FOOTNOTES:
cf. similar type XIIa sword in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow
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AUCTIONS:
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