Oakeshott Type XVII Sword Mid to Late 14th Century

In fine excavated condition with blackened river finish overall, with sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section with central fuller over half its length on both sides, each fuller with latten-filled orb and cross shaped mark at the forte and mid-section where the fuller ends, hilt comprising flat slightly arched quillons widening at the ends, flat tapering tang incised with a series of 'X' marks, and large compressed chamfered wheel pommel (incomplete on one side).

87.5 cm. blade, 111.8 cm. overall

Sold for £11,875 inc. premium

Provenance: Ewart Oakeshott Collection

Exchanged with H. Russell Robinson for a Japanese full armour, London, March 1956

Literature:

Ewart Oakeshott, The Archaeology Of Weapons, 1960, p. 312, pl. 16

idem, Records Of The Medieval Sword, 1991, p. 160, XVII.2, illustrated

Hoffmeyer, cat. no. 52, pp. 35, 80 and 83, figs. 7 and 20

The quillons conform to Oakeshott's Style 6 with a pommel of Type H.1

Auction Notices: There is a latten-filled crozier-shaped mark on each side of the blade at the mid point

Source: www.bonhams.com

See also this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword regarding Type XVII: sword-site.com/thread/175/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword