Viking Sword with Inlaid Silver Decorated Hilt

9TH-10TH CENTURY AD

35 1/2" (755 grams, 90.5cm).

A two-edged iron sword of Type X comprising a broad, flat blade with rounded point, gently curved lower guard with inlaid silver interlace pattern to one face and traces of similar to the reverse, broad tang tapering towards the pommel; tea-cosy pommel with traces of linear silver inlay.

Provenance

From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s; accompanied by a metallurgic analytical report written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, report number 134791.

Literature

See Peirce, I. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002.

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LOT 0457

Viking Sword with Inlaid Silver Decorated Hilt

Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,500

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