Oakeshott Type XIII Lenticular English Arming Sword

[Jack Loomes]

A Rare English Arming Sword, Late 16th Century

With broad double-edged blade, hilt comprising large flat arched quillons with 'fish-tail' ends, short triangular shaped langets incised with vertical lines, tapering tang (grip missing), compressed globular pommel pierced through on one side for a thong, and separate button finial (pitted overall)

68 cm. blade

FOOTNOTES

Swords of this type are thought to have been used in tournaments

For another example see Sir Guy Francis Laking, A Record of European Armour And Arms Through Seven Centuries, 1922, vol. V, p. 173, fig. 1607

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