03-07-2007, 07:03 PM
Salve,
I have found more info on it:
It is currently in the Harrogate Museum and Art Gallery. The details come from Ian Stead's 'British Iron Age Swords & Scabbards'.
An iron sword with a copper-alloy hilt. The hilt is made from two cast metal plates separated by a horn washer. The pommel is in the form of a human head: on the front a simple pointed oval shape with two hollows for eyes.
The scabbard has a copper-alloy front-plate and an iron back-plate. The front-plate has traces of engraved and punched decoration. It was withdrawn from a Sotherby's auction and sold to Harrogate museum in 1993.
Vale,
Celer.
I have found more info on it:
It is currently in the Harrogate Museum and Art Gallery. The details come from Ian Stead's 'British Iron Age Swords & Scabbards'.
An iron sword with a copper-alloy hilt. The hilt is made from two cast metal plates separated by a horn washer. The pommel is in the form of a human head: on the front a simple pointed oval shape with two hollows for eyes.
The scabbard has a copper-alloy front-plate and an iron back-plate. The front-plate has traces of engraved and punched decoration. It was withdrawn from a Sotherby's auction and sold to Harrogate museum in 1993.
Vale,
Celer.
Marcus Antonius Celer/Julian Dendy.
