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The Bruton Sword

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
1986
Dimensions
16 cm
Vendor
Peter Dale Ltd
The Bruton Sword, a 9th century Anglo-Saxon sword with tapering double edged blade and an iron hilt with short tapering quillions.

The blade is pattern welded and retains small patches of wood from the scabbard and of cloth from its cover. The pommel is missing.

Provenance

Discovered near Bruton, Somerset, 1984. Private collection, Stuttgart.

Iron

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