Lot Essay
Cf. a similar hilt on a sword in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, found at Ely in the Great Ouse, described and illustrated in Ewart Oakeshott, Records of the Medieval Sword, pp. 158-9
LATE 14TH EARLY 15TH CENTURY
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A MEDIEVAL SHORT-SWORD
Late 14th early 15th Century
In excavated condition, with tapering flattened double-edged blade with rebated point and shallow three-quarter length fuller on each side, slender quillons of rectangular section with sharply downturned tips, and faceted kite-shaped pommel of so-called 'Sempach' type
23in. (58.5cm.) blade
Late 14th early 15th Century
In excavated condition, with tapering flattened double-edged blade with rebated point and shallow three-quarter length fuller on each side, slender quillons of rectangular section with sharply downturned tips, and faceted kite-shaped pommel of so-called 'Sempach' type
23in. (58.5cm.) blade