03-21-2015, 02:48 PM
Oakeshott has three swords from the Scheldt.. 400ad, 650ad and 750-800ad, this sword is the first dated 400ad.... really... from a river?.....
All three swords appear in a similar condition with the first two sharing some of the same decoration ring dot and line on bone? the sort of decor you would find on early medieval combs.... the last a "Viking" sword is described as "On loan from the collection of Sir James Mann" perhaps that's where they all came from?...
None of this means that the swords are fakes or have original furniture... or indeed came from any river...
Effectively Unprovenanced you might say.......
All three swords appear in a similar condition with the first two sharing some of the same decoration ring dot and line on bone? the sort of decor you would find on early medieval combs.... the last a "Viking" sword is described as "On loan from the collection of Sir James Mann" perhaps that's where they all came from?...
None of this means that the swords are fakes or have original furniture... or indeed came from any river...
Effectively Unprovenanced you might say.......
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
