MIGRATION PERIOD IRON SWORD WITH SILVER HILT AND SCABBARD Ca. AD 500 - 700. An iron sword with a slender, tapering blade ending in a rounded tip. The hilt consists of a short grip framed by a curved gilt-bronze crossguard with rounded terminals, flanked above and below by silver collars with flat and pointed profiles. The pommel is crescent-shaped and forged in iron. Accompanied by a silver scabbard with a flared, V-shaped mouth. For similar see: A. M. Heen-Pattersen, Insular artefacts from Viking-Age burials from mid Norway. A review of contact between Trøndelag and Britain and Ireland, fig. 11; C. Cosma, Warriors, weapons and harness from the 5th to the 10th century in the Carpathian Basin, I. Bugarski, f. 10, pg. 138; J. Zabjnik, Taf. X. Grab 84/62 und seine Beigaben. 1 Maßstab a.– 6/1.6/2 Maßstab b, pg. 171. Size: 820mm x 80mm; Weight: 820g Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.