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Lot 188*

A Rapier With Chiselled Steel Hilt
Mid-17th Century, Probably English

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rapier With Chiselled Steel Hilt
Mid-17th Century, Probably English

With tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the forte on each side etched with a bird perched on foliage, an arm emerging from a cloud holding a falchion between Latin inscriptions, and surmounted by tulips, hilt comprising downbent lobed rear quillon chiselled in relief with a male profile head and foliage, side-guard chiselled with foliage and central male and female portrait busts facing each other, small side-guard chased with leaves (inner guard missing), knuckle-guard with a female portrait bust and foliage, pear-shaped lobed pommel, each lobe chiselled with a foliate monster-head above a scroll, and later grip bound with twisted steel wire between Turk's heads; together with a Spanish rapier, late 17th/18th century, with tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section, the forte on both sides with indistinct Spanish inscription along the fuller, steel hilt (pitted, cup-guard missing) comprising arms, slender quillons with button terminals, knuckle-guard, compressed globular pommel, and grip bound with twisted steel wire (2)
85 cm. and 103.5 cm. blades

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