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A Composite Spanish Cup-Hilt RapierLate 17th Century
24 June – 8 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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A Composite Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier
Late 17th Century
Late 17th Century
With earlier tapering double-edged blade of diamond section, the forte cut with a central fuller decoratively pierced with crosses and circles and indistinctly incised with a Latin inscription on each side, iron hilt chiselled in low relief with scallop shells and flower-heads, straight quillons terminating in baluster buttons, knuckle-guard en suite, and wooden grip bound with braided brass wire at the base
86.2 cm. blade
86.2 cm. blade




