Oakeshott Type XII Medieval Sword Style 2 Guard

[Jack Loomes]

In excavated condition, with broad tapering blade with shallow central fuller over two-thirds of its length on each side and retaining traces of an incised inscription along one side, and an incised heraldic shield on the other, hilt comprising slender quillons of circular section widening towards the tips, flat tapering tang, and thick wheel pommel with chamfered edges.

88 cm. blade

Sold for £4,200

Footnotes:

The pommel conforms to Oakeshott's Type I with quillons of Style 2. For two swords of similar form see Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword In The Age Of Chivalry, 1964, pl. 8.A and 11.A

See also this extract from Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword regarding swords of Type XII: sword-site.com/thread/127/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

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