A VERY RARE ENGLISH TWO-HAND SWORD with long tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section (tip with old braised repair), long slender quillons swelling at the tips, large globular pommel, and original leather-covered wooden grip (some worm and damage), late 15th Century
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A VERY RARE ENGLISH TWO-HAND SWORD with long tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section (tip with old braised repair), long slender quillons swelling at the tips, large globular pommel, and original leather-covered wooden grip (some worm and damage), late 15th Century
45¾in. blade
Lot Essay
CF. A SIMILAR SWORD IN THE TIMPERLEY COLLECTION, THE CASTLE MUSEUM, YORK