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A Composite North European Dish-Hilt Rapier
Basically Mid-17th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Composite North European Dish-Hilt Rapier
Basically Mid-17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade (worn and pitted) of flattened diamond section incised with a floret on each side and retaining traces of etched foliate scrollwork at the forte, iron hilt comprising shallow dish-guard chiselled and pierced with two portrait medallions and two fleur-de-lys amid scrollwork on the outside, the inner side engraved en suite, fluted quillon-block, arms, and recurved lobed quillons, the first and last chiselled with acanthus, compressed globular pommel with button and chiselled in low relief with two profile portrait busts between sprays of foliage, and spirally twist grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk's heads
91.7 cm. blade

Footnotes

For a duelling rapier with related chiselled decorated, formerly in the Per T. Norheim Collection and sold in these Rooms, see Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 29 April 2010, lot 103

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.