Iron, 115 grams, 19.5 cm. A hand-forged iron spearhead with leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The socket is long and close-fitting, pierced near the base and with balustering at the neck. The blade is pierced in two places close to the shoulders, for the attachment of a banner or standard to be used for signalling on the battlefield. Reference: cf. an Anglo-Saxon spearhead with two similar pierced holes from Welbeck Hill, Lincolnshire in Swanton, M. The Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973 fig.82(d). Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection, believed recovered from the 'Swedish Fields' alleged battleground in Poland in the mid-20th century AD.

Iron, 730 grams, 97 cm overall. Circa 9th-10th century AD. A finely-crafted Viking period sword with a thin (about 3 mm) blade and long ( 110 mm) grip. The hilt is of the unusual Petersen's Type I, a later 9th century form which continued in use up to the middle of the 10th century AD. The pommel is subtriangular in profile with an elliptical cross-section, and with a noticeable step where the rounded upper element connects to the flatter upper guard. The pommel and guard are unusually thin for a Viking-period sword. The tang is broad and flat, and shows the continuation of the bars which form the pattern-welded blade. The lower guard is about 90mm wide, flat and slightly elliptical in cross-section with a broad rectangular slot for the blade and tang. The blade is about 55 mm wide at the maximum, composed from two twisted iron billets and an outer shoe: the billets have been created from blocks of iron of varying grades, twisted and forge-welded to each other, then thinned and stretched to the length of the blade (presently 81 cm). The outer edges were formed from a single billet of steel, split and forged onto the core. The surface treatment shows very clearly the construction method and the characteristic herringbone pattern created by the opposed twist of the central billets. The process of pattern-welding was practised in northern Europe from the early centuries AD up to the end of the Viking age, producing very striking surface effects which were much prized. Reference: Peirce, I.G. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2004. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old private Scandinavian collection, ex Robin Wigington, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK in 1984.

Silver, 6.66 grams, 18.03 mm. Circa 16th century AD. A heavy silver collar mount formed from six panels soldered together into a cone with remains of a silver ropework border. The panels are each formed with a trapezoidal frame border within which are placed three coils in silver ropework. The mount probably forms part of the hilt for a high-status knife. Reference: cf. Graham-Campbell, J. and Williams, G. Silver in the Viking Age, Walnut Creek, 2007. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 22.31 grams, 60.02 mm. Circa 9th century AD. A hollow cast sword pommel of Petersen's Type H, triangular in section with a slight rectangular elevation at the apex to accept the quadrangular slot for the tang. Type H was a long-lived and popular fashion in sword hilts from the early Viking Age, found across the Viking world from Dublin, Ireland to Hämeenlinna, Finland. Reference: Peirce, I. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2004 p.48-60. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Dalton-Le-Dale, County Durham, England.