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Lot 159*
A Spanish Cup-Hilt RapierLate 17th/Early 18th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £875 inc. premium
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Late 17th/Early 18th Century
Late 17th/Early 18th Century
With slender tapering blade of flattened diamond section cut with a central fuller over nearly its entire length each side, rectangular ricasso hollowed on each side, cup-guard with line engraved border, roped upper edge and pierced quillon support on each side, one drawn-up to form the partly writhen knuckle-guard screwed to the pommel at the top, straight quillons en suite and with button terminals, compressed pommel with spirally-fluted border and button, and vertically grooved grip bound with twisted steel wire between Turk's heads (some rust patination)
81.8 cm. blade
81.8 cm. blade
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Provenance
The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada








