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LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A composite Spanish cup-hilt rapier
Late 17th century
The slender blade of flattened diamond section, the fluted cup with scalloped edge and engraved with scrollwork, birds and grotesques (rubbed), long slender quillons swelling at the tips, slender knuckle-guard, globular pommel, and wooden grip (wire binding missing, some pitting overall)
38¼in. (97.2cm.) blade
Late 17th century
The slender blade of flattened diamond section, the fluted cup with scalloped edge and engraved with scrollwork, birds and grotesques (rubbed), long slender quillons swelling at the tips, slender knuckle-guard, globular pommel, and wooden grip (wire binding missing, some pitting overall)
38¼in. (97.2cm.) blade