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A composite swept-hilt rapier17th century and later -Select US Arms Type-
10 June 2013, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$1,287 inc. premium
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A composite swept-hilt rapier
17th century and later
17th century and later
Narrow, tapering 46 inch blade with 9 inch fullers above the hilt, each surmounted by a mark, a crown over MS, one side with the running wolf mark inlaid in brass. Steel swept hilt, the bars of rounded section, and comprising long straight quillons, the molded with acanthus at the base; inner guard and three ring outer guard joined to the knucklebow, it's finial turned over and forming a ring. Large lobed ovoid pommel molded with acanthus. Grip wrapped with steel wire with wire turk's heads.
Condition: Metal with mottled grey patina showing scattered light pitting.
See Illustration
Condition: Metal with mottled grey patina showing scattered light pitting.
See Illustration
Footnotes
Note: The maker's marks are spurious period copies of the mark of the Milanese swordsmith Caino. See A573 in the Wallace Collection for a discussion of a rapier in the Museum fur Deutsche Geschichte in Berlin which also has the crowned MS mark but accompanied by the wolf mark, stressing the fact that it is a German imitation.




