Thanks to everyone for your replies.
It looks as though I got the approximate area correct if nothing else. I suppose I was expecting someone to come up with similar examples and tell me exactly what, where, date and name of maker.
The word naive springs to mind !!!!!
Fearn, I love your comment about biases. We all have our favourites.
Atlantia, Unfortunately the tang is not loose and I am somewhat reluctant to try heat to get it off.
Regards
Royston