Lot Essay
THE BLADESMITH'S MARK IS ATTRIBUTED TO A MEMBER OF THE SAHAGüN FAMILY OF TOLEDO AND IS FOUND ON THE BLADES OF TWO SWORDS IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION (INV. NOS. A491 AND A669).
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LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A FINE GERMAN RAPIER
LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE OF FLATTENED DIAMOND SECTION, RECESSED RICASSO OF RECTANGULAR SECTION INCISED WITH BORDER LINES AND STRUCK WITH THE BLADESMITH'S MARK, THE CROWNED INITIAL 'S' WITHIN A SHIELD, ON EACH SIDE, IRON HILT OF FLATTENED FACETED BARS COMPRISING VERTICALLY RECURVED QUILLONS WITH SWELLING BALUSTER TIPS, SWEPT UPPER RING-GUARD WITH CENTRAL MOULDING EN SUITE WITH THE QUILLONS, LOWER RING-GUARD FLANKED BY A PAIR OF UP-TURNED BARS EACH WITH SWELLING BALUSTER TIP, A PAIR OF ARMS, INNER-GUARD OF TWO CROSSED LOOPS FORMED OF SLENDER ROUNDED BARS, AN EARLY REPLACEMENT WIRE-BOUND WOODEN GRIP, AND FACETED OVOIDAL POMMEL CUT WITH TWO DEEP WAIST-LINES, THE BALUSTER DETAILS TO THE FRONT OF THE HILT EACH WITH PUNCHED AND ENGRAVED FOLIATE ORNAMENT
38¼IN. (97.1CM.) BLADE
LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE OF FLATTENED DIAMOND SECTION, RECESSED RICASSO OF RECTANGULAR SECTION INCISED WITH BORDER LINES AND STRUCK WITH THE BLADESMITH'S MARK, THE CROWNED INITIAL 'S' WITHIN A SHIELD, ON EACH SIDE, IRON HILT OF FLATTENED FACETED BARS COMPRISING VERTICALLY RECURVED QUILLONS WITH SWELLING BALUSTER TIPS, SWEPT UPPER RING-GUARD WITH CENTRAL MOULDING EN SUITE WITH THE QUILLONS, LOWER RING-GUARD FLANKED BY A PAIR OF UP-TURNED BARS EACH WITH SWELLING BALUSTER TIP, A PAIR OF ARMS, INNER-GUARD OF TWO CROSSED LOOPS FORMED OF SLENDER ROUNDED BARS, AN EARLY REPLACEMENT WIRE-BOUND WOODEN GRIP, AND FACETED OVOIDAL POMMEL CUT WITH TWO DEEP WAIST-LINES, THE BALUSTER DETAILS TO THE FRONT OF THE HILT EACH WITH PUNCHED AND ENGRAVED FOLIATE ORNAMENT
38¼IN. (97.1CM.) BLADE
Provenance
ANON. SALE, SOTHEBY'S, OLYMPIA, 10TH JULY 2002, LOT 65
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.