VIKING SWORD WITH SCABBARD FITTINGS - FULL REPORT
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Ca. 900-1000 AD. A hand-forged Viking iron sword with Brazil nut pommel and decorated guard; the blade is wide at the upper end, gently tapering with fuller to both faces, rounded tip, fragments of an original scabbard in two sections, the first section with stylised motifs and a solid silver sleeve. Pommel of Petersen's Type S with traces of vertical inlaid wire. See: Peirce, I. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.106-7 for type. The item comes with an academic report written by Russel Scott; famous lecturer, reenactor and expert of Viking and medieval artefacts. His report also includes an X-ray fluorescence analysis suggesting the ancient origin of the object.Size: Set of 4: L:57 - 990mm / W:48 - 62mm; 1.2kgProvenance: Private Leeds (UK) collection; acquired in the 1980s/90s.
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VIKING SWORD WITH SCABBARD FITTINGS - FULL REPORT
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