Context (Analysis)
Object dating by Kennard.
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Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Field collection)
Dredged from the River Ouse between Black Horse Farm and Southery Ferry.
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Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card includes a sketch diagram of the armourer's mark.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cross hilted, the quillons being flattened and having an 'S' twist in plane with the blade; short tang, with heavy iron pear shaped pommel with 8 facets; part of wooden grip still adherent to tang; small armourer's mark on tang, a mullet above 3 balls; blade thin, tapering, pointed, with shallow 'blood groove'. Part of leather scabbard remains.
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Author: maa

Context (References)
Oakeshott, Ewart. 1994. The Sword in the Age of Chivalry. Boydell Press: Woodbridge, Suffolk. p. 127; pl. 39A
Event Date 1994
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Large, single-handed iron sword with an ‘S’ shaped cross-guard and faceted pear-shaped pommel; type XX. Double-edged blade features a full-length taper and a single, broad fuller along half its length; the blade features a stamped maker’s mark at the tip of the fuller, partially infilled with copper alloy inlay. The cross-guard features a simple écusson with a central cusp flanked either side by a transverse groove; the flattened quillions have an ‘S’ shaped twist in plane with the blade. The tang is short and rectangular in plan and cross-section; the sides taper slightly towards the pommel; a fragment of the wooden grip remains adhered to one side of tang; on the reverse side of tang is a maker’s mark in the form of a mullet above three balls. The octagonal, pear-shaped pommel is large and gently faceted. The blade is corroded with small areas of loss including the tip; a small amount of material adhered to the blade below the cross-guard may be extant remains of the scabbard mouth.
Event Date 6/12/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal