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Lot 173
An Italian Cup-Hilt RapierMid-17th Century
28 November 2012, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With tapering blade of hollowed diamond section and of exceptional length, hollowed rectangular ricasso struck on one side with a mark, the hilt with straight slightly tapering quillons of circular section incised with waved decoration, pointed langets, knuckle-guard and compressed pommel en suite, the last with flattened button, faceted grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk's heads, pierced guardapolvo, and cup pierced and engraved with bands of foliage between plain turned borders, the wide upper band inhabited by a monkey, a bird and monsters (some scattered pitting)
126 cm. blade
126 cm. blade
Footnotes
Probably Brescian for the Spanish or Neapolitan market








