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LOT 1192
Medieval 'Thames' Iron Kidney Dagger
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
14 5/8 in. (195 grams, 37.2 cm).
The blade with a lozenge-shaped cross-section; restored handle with bulbous cross-guard, waisted grip and flared pommel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore at Vintry, Southwark, London, UK.
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Opening Bid: £50
Comprising 29 shafted trilobate and pyramidal points, some with barbs. 108 grams total, 23-36 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The Persians used the bow to forge their empire. They would have used bronze or iron arrows of various types which varied in length from three to four centimetres. Many were trilobite in shape, varying from the simple triangular head, the leaf-shaped head or the triangular head with square-section, tang and directional plumes. The old types, created by the Luristan armourers, were still in use in the Achaemenid period. -
Medieval Iron Blade
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A slender crescentic axehead with attachment arms, single rivet hole to each terminal. 418 grams, 26 cm
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Viking Iron Sword with Cross Guard Surmounted by Interlaced Dragons
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
Comprising a double-edged cutting blade with tapering fullers and hefty tang; the bronze cross guard in Jellinge style with dragon head finials and a central human face to the lower edge; the pommel with seven lobes; accompanied by a bronze openwork chape with central bird motif decorated with stamped ring-and-dot design. 900 grams, 89.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. 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 number no.11821-206859.
The blade of the sword is very similar to Petersen Type K; the hilt is a typical Type K, but having seven rather than five lobes to the pommel. The chape, the parallels of which are mostly of late 10th and early 11th centuries, is probably a later addition, possibly reworked to be fitted to the sword.
