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Lot 94*
A German Swept-Hilt RapierEarly 17th Century
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,120 inc. premium
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Early 17th Century
Early 17th Century
With sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section with border engraved central fuller on each side of the forte stamped respectively 'Joannes' and 'Delaorta' between ovals and dots, fullered rectangular ricasso struck with a bladesmith's mark and with incised line borders on both sides, russet iron hilt of flattened ovoidal bars comprising straight quillons widening towards the tips, diagonal side-guard on the outside joining the knuckle-guard, lower smaller side-guard linking the tips of the arms and filled with a replacement plate pierced with circular holes, and inner trifurcated guard of slender bars linked to the knuckle-guard above, slightly flattened barrel-shaped pommel with button, and grip bound with fine twisted iron wire
107.6 cm. blade
107.6 cm. blade
Footnotes
Literature:
Per Terje Norheim, Våpen I Norge ..., 2000, p. 77








