Ⓦ A SWORD IN 5TH/8TH CENTURY CENTURY STYLE, MID-19TH CENTURY

Ⓦ A SWORD IN 5TH/8TH CENTURY CENTURY STYLE, MID-19TH CENTURY

with early scramasaxe blade, perhaps early, formed with a single edge, tapering to a sharp point and with grooves along the greater length of the back-edge, bronze hilt comprising block-shaped cross-piece, the front lower panel set with square red pastes centring on a circular green paste and the upper encrusted with silver, oval pommel encrusted with further raised silver beads, and the grip covered with tooled gold foil

60.3 cm; 23 ¾ in blade

Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection