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Lot 162*

A Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier, And A Rapier In Brescian 17th Century Style
The First Mid-18th Century

23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier, And A Rapier In Brescian 17th Century Style
The First Mid-18th Century

The first with tapering 17th century blade of flattened hexagonal section incised '. ILL . SINHL . ES . EL . CAVISC O. D E. BOOL .' within the fuller on one side of the forte and '. CLEMENTE . BONIQVl . EN . ALAMANIA .' within the other, hilt comprising cup-guard (minor damage) with slender rim and engraved with a repeated design of acanthus against a hatched ground, guardopolvo formed from a pierced and chiselled small-sword shell-guard, long slender quillons incised with chevrons and with turned button terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, compressed spirally-grooved pommel with button, and wire-bound grip; the second with fullered blade, large cast-iron hilt comprising cup-guard (damaged and incomplete) with border of pierced and chased fruiting foliage, writhen quillons and knuckle-guard, globular pommel with flower-heads and trellising, and wire-bound grip (russet overall) (2)
91.8 cm. and 94.7 cm. blade

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