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A Cup-Hilt Rapier In Late 17th Century Style19th Century
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £480 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With long tapering blade of flattened diamond section incised with running wolf mark on one side at the forte, large hilt comprising cup with roped rim and embossed, pierced and chased with profile busts of an emperor and knights each linked by strapwork against a ground of foliage inhabited by birds, foliate partly twist quillons and knuckle-guard each with bud-shaped terminal, pommel of octagonal section chiselled with armoured figures, and spirally-grooved wire-bound grip
112.9 cm. blade
112.9 cm. blade








