25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
130
A MEDIEVAL SWORD, EARLY 15TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ITALIAN
with broad sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid in latten with a cross fourchée in a rondel on each face, hilt comprising tapering quillons of rectangular section strongly down-curved at the tips, strongly formed wheel pommel with a hollowed central recess on each face, one fitted with a later coin, and the wooden grip (wormed, the blade with small chips and laminations, areas of light pitting), 79.4 cm blade
This sword conforms to Oakeshott Type XV.
Literature
Ewart Oakeshott, Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge 1991, p. 138, XV.12.
Sold for £46,000
with broad sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, inlaid in latten with a cross fourchée in a rondel on each face, hilt comprising tapering quillons of rectangular section strongly down-curved at the tips, strongly formed wheel pommel with a hollowed central recess on each face, one fitted with a later coin, and the wooden grip (wormed, the blade with small chips and laminations, areas of light pitting), 79.4 cm blade
This sword conforms to Oakeshott Type XV.
Literature
Ewart Oakeshott, Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge 1991, p. 138, XV.12.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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