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Lot 1008
TWO SPANISH/SPANISH COLONIAL CUP HILT RAPIERS,first half of the 18th century.
3 – 13 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$2,115 inc. premium
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TWO SPANISH/SPANISH COLONIAL CUP HILT RAPIERS,
first half of the 18th century.
first half of the 18th century.
The hilts with forged iron cross guards and knuckle bows, deep cup guards, round pommels, turned/carved wood grips and straight double-edge blades, one with skull and crossed bones engraved into the ricasso.
Overall lg. to 31 in.
Overall lg. to 31 in.
Footnotes
Literature
Swords are illustrated and described in Rodney Hilton Brown, Treasures of the Caribbean (Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2023), p. 258.




