Petersen's Type H Viking Sword w/ Decorated Crossguard

LOT 0391

Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 / EUR 8,200 - 12,300 / USD 9,270 - 13,900 [Feb 2015]

9th century AD

A hand-forged double-edge sword with gently tapering blade and rounded point; the hilt fittings of Petersen's Type H with narrow (65mm) lower guard and large D-shaped pommel; the blade with deep fuller to each face, of piled construction with broad flat-section tang; the lower guard scaphoid in plan with inlaid copper-alloy wires in parallel vertical lines; the upper guard secured to the pommel with two pins to the underside. 884 grams, 89cm overall (35"). Fine condition.

Provenance

From an important German collection; acquired in the 1970s. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

Literature

See Peirce, I. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.52-55.

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