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English, about 1390, the grip a restoration Found in the Thames at Westminster

Collection: Mr. W. J. Pavyer

Aveley Church, Essex After Waller

English, about 1400, the grip a restoration Found in the Thames at Mortlake

Collection: Mr. Henry G. Keasby

though in the present writer's opinion they belong to the end of the XIVth century, the types of quillon and pommel are such as in northern Europe are met with at a very early date. The hilts are of iron, the quillons drooping slightly and thickening towards the ends. The pommels take this same form,