Oakeshott Type XII Medieval Sword Circa 1100 - 1300

Description: Sword with brazil nut pommel.

Technique: casting (process); whole

Material: steel; whole

Technique Description: sword, cast

Dimension(s): [ *Editor's Note: No measurements provided unfortunately at present however I will continue to endeavour to obtain them and when I do I will update this entry ]
height (not provided)
width (not provided)

Acquisition: bequeathed; 1933-03-16; Henderson, James Stewart

Provenance: Unknown before testator, 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex

Acquisition Credit: J.S. Henderson Bequest

Accession: Object Number: HEN.M.186-1933 (Applied Arts) (record id: 18818; input: 2001-01-25; modified: 2005-11-18)

For more information on Oakeshott Type XII Swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: www.sword-site.com/thread/127/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

Source: data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18818