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A MEDIEVAL SWORD
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A MEDIEVAL SWORD

12TH/13TH CENTURY

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A MEDIEVAL SWORD
12th/13th Century
In excavated condition, with broad tapering double-edged blade with wide central fuller inlaid with a gold cross potent on one face and a brief inscription in large silver letters on the other, iron hilt comprising short straight quillons of square section, and Brazil-nut pommel.
32 3/8in (82.2cm) blade
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

For discussion of Brazil-nut swords see R.Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword in the Age of Chivalry, 1964, pp. 80-88.

Sold in these rooms 16 December 1999, part of lot 21, £18,400.