#191 Oakeshott Sword

This beautiful medieval sword is as elegant to handle, as it is to look at. Ewart Oakeshott has had this in his care, as with so many other of the great European swords now distributed in museums and collections, and tells us it came from the region of France. It was found in context with a small Rondel dagger. The grip was probably done late in its working life as it is of a style that postdates the sword by a generation or two.

The hilt is done in steel, with a beveled wheel pommel incised with two parallel lines running vertically in the center. The grip is bound in twisted steel wire. The top and bottom ferrules of worked steel hold the decorative steel bar elements in place. The guard is straight with a graceful trumpeted shape.

Original circa 1450, Private Collection.

Blade: 35.375" x 1.75" Overall Length: 41.25" Weight 2.5 lbs

$650.00
s/h - $28.00

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