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Lot 122

A German Rapier
Early 17th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Rapier
Early 17th Century

With broad sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened ovoidal section with latten-inlaid orb and cross mark on one side towards the forte, and running wolf mark on the other, recessed rectangular ricasso with double flute on each side and struck with a bladesmith's mark on one side, a running stag in a circle, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars comprising vertically recurved quillons with hooked fishtail terminals, the forward one forming a knuckle-guard, arms linked in the outside with a half-ring between two up bent bars each with fishtail terminals filling the gap between it and a curved diagonal bar with recessed central moulding and linked to the base of the front quillon, inner-guard of three diagonal bars merging into one, large faceted fishtail pommel with large button between, and grip grooved along each side and bound with twisted iron wire between Turk's heads (some wear and rust patination overall)
97.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Many similar swords are preserved at Schloss Ambros near Innsbruck. See A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1980, pp. 87-88

The bladesmith's mark appears to be that of Meues Berns, see Albert Weyersberg, Solinger Schwertschmiede Des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts und Ihre Erzevgnisse, 1926, p. 11

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