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Lot 94*

A German Swept-Hilt Rapier
Early 17th Century

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Swept-Hilt Rapier
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

Footnotes

Literature:
Per Terje Norheim, Våpen I Norge ..., 2000, p. 77

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