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IN ITALIAN 17TH CENTURY STYLE
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AN ORNATE CUP-HILT RAPIER WITH PIERCED AND CHISELLED GUARD
IN ITALIAN 17TH CENTURY STYLE
With blade of stiff diamond section signed 'SEBASTIAN ERNANDES' on each side within the central fuller at the forte, guard comprising cup pierced and chiselled with Classical busts, mythical figures and crowned double-headed eagles surrounded by flowering foliage inhabited by animals and monsters, pierced foliate guardapolvo, long straight spirally-fluted quillons and spirally-fluted knuckle-guard each engraved with scrollwork, wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and flattened openwork pommel decorated en suite with the guard
41¼in. (104.8cm.) blade
IN ITALIAN 17TH CENTURY STYLE
With blade of stiff diamond section signed 'SEBASTIAN ERNANDES' on each side within the central fuller at the forte, guard comprising cup pierced and chiselled with Classical busts, mythical figures and crowned double-headed eagles surrounded by flowering foliage inhabited by animals and monsters, pierced foliate guardapolvo, long straight spirally-fluted quillons and spirally-fluted knuckle-guard each engraved with scrollwork, wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and flattened openwork pommel decorated en suite with the guard
41¼in. (104.8cm.) blade
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