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A German Sword-RapierMunich, Circa 1600-20
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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A German Sword-Rapier
Munich, Circa 1600-20
Munich, Circa 1600-20
With broad sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, recessed ricasso struck on each face with a bladesmith's mark with incised line borders, russet iron hilt retaining some original blueing and comprising asymmetrical guard of flattened bars comprising two other side-rings linked to the knuckle-guard by a curved bar above, inner-guard of three slender bars of rounded section swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, downcurved rear quillon with lobed terminal, flattened barrel-shaped pommel with button finial, and original wooden grip fluted along each side and bound with twisted iron wire
94.8 cm. blade
94.8 cm. blade
Footnotes
The marks on the ricasso are those of Wolfgang Stantler of Munich. The sword belongs to a group made for a Bavarian corps, probably the Munich town guard. Many examples survive in the Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt
Cf. The Wallace Collection (A612), and the Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection, The Philadelphia Museum of Art (cat. no. 352)








