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An English Dish-Hilt RapierMid-17th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,500 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With slender tapering double-edged blade of slightly flattened hollow-diamond section, iron hilt comprising shallow dish-guard pierced and chiselled with symmetrical foliage, the outer side with engraved details, down bent arms, straight rear quillon with chiselled bud-shaped terminal, faceted knuckle-guard with central bud-shaped feature en suite and screwed to the pommel, ricasso chiselled with foliage against a punched ground, globular pommel with button and chiselled with scrollwork, and spirally twist grip bound with twisted russet iron wire between Turk's heads
106 cm. blade
106 cm. blade








