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A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER
GERMAN OR ITALIAN, CIRCA 1620
With long narrow blade of flattened hexagonal section with inscribed central fuller on each face of the forte, long ricasso, symmetrical iron hilt comprising triple ring guards linked by side-bars to the knuckle-guard (old repair), vertically recurved trumpet-shaped quillons, fluted drum-shaped pommel, and writhen wooden grip (cracked, wire binding missing) with remains of two Turk's heads (some pitting overall)
45½in. (115.6cm.) blade
GERMAN OR ITALIAN, CIRCA 1620
With long narrow blade of flattened hexagonal section with inscribed central fuller on each face of the forte, long ricasso, symmetrical iron hilt comprising triple ring guards linked by side-bars to the knuckle-guard (old repair), vertically recurved trumpet-shaped quillons, fluted drum-shaped pommel, and writhen wooden grip (cracked, wire binding missing) with remains of two Turk's heads (some pitting overall)
45½in. (115.6cm.) blade