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Lot 1004
A FINE 17TH CENTURY SPANISH CUP HILT RAPIER.
3 – 13 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$3,995 inc. premium
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A FINE 17TH CENTURY SPANISH CUP HILT RAPIER.
The iron cup guard with decorative piercings and embossed double-headed eagles and profiles of classical figures, wide cross guard with twisted quillons and knuckle bow, flattened ball and spiral decorated pommel, iron wire covered grip; straight double-edge blade with narrow fuller with chiseled marking.
Overall lg. 47 1/4 in.
Overall lg. 47 1/4 in.
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Literature
Sword is illustrated and described in Rodney Hilton Brown, Treasures of the Caribbean (Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2023), pp. 284-285.




