VIKING IRON BATTLE AXE ON STAND

C. 900-1100 AD. Viking age. This iron battle axe features a circular socket and a long, narrow head, allowing its user to deliver maximal force in a single, precision blow. Good condition; on a custom made stand. For comparable blades, see Petersen, Jan (1919). De Norske Vikingesverd. Kristiania, p. 27, figs. 27-8. Good condition; on a custom-made stand. Size: H:145mm/L:165mm/H:85mm (without stand); 980g. Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / European art markets.