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A SPANISH RAPIER
CIRCA 1650-80
With tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped with the bladesmith's name 'Pedro del Monte' and 'En Toledo' within the fuller on respective sides, open-ended cup-guard formed of symmetrical up-turned convex plates, the outer chiselled with a rampant lion roundel in low relief within foliage, and with a series of looped slender bars at both ends, with quillons and knuckle-guard with knopped tips, incised compressed pommel, and the grip bound with patterned wire and 'Turk's heads'
45 7/8in (116.5cm) blade
CIRCA 1650-80
With tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section stamped with the bladesmith's name 'Pedro del Monte' and 'En Toledo' within the fuller on respective sides, open-ended cup-guard formed of symmetrical up-turned convex plates, the outer chiselled with a rampant lion roundel in low relief within foliage, and with a series of looped slender bars at both ends, with quillons and knuckle-guard with knopped tips, incised compressed pommel, and the grip bound with patterned wire and 'Turk's heads'
45 7/8in (116.5cm) blade
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