Oakeshott Type XII Medieval Cruciform Sword

LOT 0944 Estimate £3,000 - 4,000

Sold for (Inc. premium): £3,328

MEDIEVAL IRON DISC-POMMEL SWORD

Circa 14th century AD. A long sword with hand-forged iron blade, disc pommel of Oakeshott's type H, round-section quillons of type 2; the blade narrow with shallow fuller for most of its length. Iron, 1.4 kg, 111 cm. Fine condition.

Provenance

From an old English collection.

Literature

Cf. Oakeshott, E. Records of the Medieval Sword, p.90.

Footnotes

cf. similar type XIIa sword in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Date

Friday 2nd December 2011 Medieval and Later Antiquities; including Islamic, Christian and Arms And Armour Sections

For more information on Oakeshott Type XII Swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: sword-site.com/thread/676/oakeshott-type-xii-defined-ewart

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