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1884.24.94

Straight double-edged broad-sword

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1884.24.94

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Collection type
Object
Description
Straight double-edged broad-sword
Long description
Straight double-edged broad-sword. With traces of engraving on the blade. Large quillons and a thumb ring. Grip bound with wire including plaited bands at top and bottom. Steel pommel. [LM 24/04/2007]
Geographical reference
Europe
Europe
Cultural groups
European
Date / Period
Date made: 1400-1600
Date collected
?By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Steel Metal, Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Process Incised, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Forged (Metal), Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 960 mm, Width: max 250 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.24.94 PR Cat other PR nos: 1033
Research and responses

C ffoulkes. 1912. 'European Arms and Armour in the University of Oxford' Clarendon Press, Oxford. p30 '13. Hand-and-half sword of the XV-XVI cent. The pommel is fig-shaped of octagonal section. The grip is of wood, covered with steel wire. The quillons are straight of octagonal section, with a side-ring in the centre. The blade is two edged, 30 1/2 in x 2 in the whole length the point blunted. There are traces of engraving and the marks figured below appear on each side Pitt Rivers coll 1033' [illustration] . [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Weapon, Sword

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