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Lot 388
A Duelling RapierMid-17th Century, Probably English Or Dutch
28 July 2010, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,040 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century, Probably English Or Dutch
Mid-17th Century, Probably English Or Dutch
With long slender tapering blade of diamond section widening into a leaf-shaped point, blackened iron hilt comprising cup-guard of slender bars forming petals each filled with a plate with numerous quartrefoil-shaped piercings, linked by slender bars to the base of the arms, slender scrolled quillons (one missing), fluted quillon-block, globular pommel chiselled with scrolls and with button finial, and spirally twist grip bound with twisted iron wire (rust patinated overall)
122.8 cm. blade
122.8 cm. blade
Footnotes
Cf. swords M2-1950 in the Victoria and Albert Museum and No. A676 in the Wallace Collection








