A COMPOSITE CUP-HILT RAPIER with long tapering blade of flattened oval section inscribed in the central fuller on one face of the forte 'Pour Le Roy De Bretom (sic)' and 'Les Enemies Des Faire' on the other, the deep cup gilt inside, with scalloped top and radiating bands of incised scrollwork, made in one with long slender quillons and knuckle-guard, faceted ovoidal pommel, and wooden grip bound with copper wire (loose), comprehensively late 17th Century, probably Spanish provincial