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A German Rapier
Early 17th Century

Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Rapier
Early 17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section over most of its length, forte with shallow central flute between a pair of slender fullers, tapering ricasso with line incised borders, iron hilt of flattened rounded bars comprising vertically recurved quillons with fishtail terminals, looped side-guard on the outside linking the base of the front quillon to the tip of the rear arm, small side-ring linking the tips of the arms and flanked by two up curved fishtail-tipped bars, trifurcated inner-guard, fish-tail pommel pierced with a hole, and writhen wooden grip bound with twisted steel wire between Turk's heads (some old rust patination)
102.6 cm. blade

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Provenance
The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada


This belongs to a large group of swords from the old Innsbruck arsenal now at Schloss Ambras near Innsbruck. See A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1980, p.88

For a very similar example formerly the property of His Serene Highness the Prince of Liechtenstein and acquired from Dr. B. Giesker of Zurich in 1938, see Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour..., 22 July 1992, lot 83

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
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THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.