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Lot 121
A Composite RapierEarly 17th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£2,500 - £3,000
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Early 17th Century
Early 17th Century
With long sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, tapering rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of slender bars comprising recurved quillons widening at the tips, vertically fluted quillon-block, arms linked on the inner and outer side to three concentric side-rings each joined to one another by side-loops, the largest joined at the top by a curved bar to the knuckle-guard, scallop-shaped double shell beneath attached by screws, vertically fluted barrel-shaped pommel with flat button, and replacement swelling grip bound with twisted steel wire between Turk's heads
102.7 cm. blade
102.7 cm. blade
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Provenance
Christie's London, The Eugen Nielsen Collection of Antique Arms, Armour and Japanese Swords, 31 March 1993, lot 149








