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Lot 270
An English RapierCirca 1640
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,200 inc. premium
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Circa 1640
Circa 1640
With slender tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section with central fuller on each side of the forte, iron hilt comprising cup-guard pierced and chiselled with four panels of foliage, each panel within scrollwork borders and joined to a side-bar on each side (inner bar missing) by two curved foliate bars, the former chiselled centrally with foliage between scrolls and extending to join the knuckle-guard en suite, quillon-block and recurved quillons with terminals en suite, large rounded pommel also en suite, and remains of original wire binding (grip missing, pitted overall)
98.5 cm. blade
98.5 cm. blade








