Context (Related Documents)
Old label attached to 1887.54.3 but referring to 1887.54 as a whole reads: 'R 87.54 Frankish: 1 spearhead, 2 knives and 7 nails. Calvados, France 1886. Baron A. von Hugel'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
One scramasax

Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1887.54.1-8: 'A large knife-blade (tanged); a leaf-shaped knife with twisted loop handle; a leaf-shaped spear-head (socketed); and five nails of vaious patterns (iron) Frankish'.
Event Date 1887
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Single-edged sword or seax with short, tapering tang, sharp shoulder and choil and grooved lines along back edge and centre blade on each face meeting at a point.
Event Date 16/4/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe