Post Medieval Short Sword Blade > Lot No. 1249

Description:
An iron hand-forged sword blade, lozenge-section with a gentle profile taper to the rounded point and pronounced distal taper; the shoulders slight and rounded; the tang broad without flattening to the upper end. [No Reserve]

Culture/Period:
Circa 16th-17th century AD

Measurements:
Iron, 230 grams, 64 cm

Size :
25 1/4"

Condition:
Fine condition.

Provenance:
From an old Nottingham collection; found while clearing a ditch in Mileham, Norfolk in the late 1980's.

Estimate: £200 - 300 (EUR 250 - 370; USD 320 - 470)

Auction date: Wednesday 14th March 2012 - Coins & 15-16 March 2012 - Antiquities at The Swedenborg Hall >> Coins & Antiquities

Sold for: £80