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Lot 163

A Composite Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier
Late 17th Century

23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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A Composite Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier
Late 17th Century

With slender tapering blade indistinctly stamped with letters within the double fullers on both sides of the forte, rectangular ricasso, hilt comprising petalled cup-guard chiselled with a repeated design of flowering foliage surmounted by an eagle, faceted quillons swelling towards the button tips, knuckle-guard en suite and with central moulding, faceted onion-shaped pommel with button, and grip bound with twisted steel wire (some rust patination overall)
83.3 cm. blade

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