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SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER
Second quarter of the 17th Century
With long slender tapering blade of stiff-diamond section, rectangular ricasso, iron three-ring hilt of slender hexagonal bars decorated with mouldings at the median points, inner-and outer-guards incorporating a large up-turned double shell-guard punched and engraved with sprays of flowers, faceted globular pommel (associated) and wooden grip bound with cord (binding incomplete).
47 7/8in (121.5cm) blade
Second quarter of the 17
With long slender tapering blade of stiff-diamond section, rectangular ricasso, iron three-ring hilt of slender hexagonal bars decorated with mouldings at the median points, inner-and outer-guards incorporating a large up-turned double shell-guard punched and engraved with sprays of flowers, faceted globular pommel (associated) and wooden grip bound with cord (binding incomplete).
47 7/8
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