model;
replica;
sword
- Museum number
- 2002,0901.1.a
- Description
-
Iron model, rectangular, of the stage in pattern-welding of a section of a sword blade before the final forging, showing the way in which the blade is built up from composite twisted rods and patterned strips. One of three pieces 2002,0901.1.a-c, made by the donor.
- Curator's comments
- The replicas a-b are based on the unusual superimposed loop pattern on a sword of the 10th-11thC from the Thames at Windsor in BM (1929,2-6,1); see Lang & Ager (1989), figs. 7.4a and 7.5a.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2002,0901.1.a