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MID-16TH CENTURY
Details
A Composite German Rapier
Mid-16th Century
With fine broad double-edged blade with narrow central fuller on each side almost to the point, stamped 'Iohann' and 'Iohanni' respectively, the ricasso struck on each face with a large negro's head mark, iron hilt comprising long straight quillons widening towards the rounded tips, arms, large and small oval side-rings on the outside, and single ring and diagonal guard on the inside, globular pommel, all, except the inner guards, with studded "mulberry" surfaces, and spirally grooved wire-bound wooden grip
365/8in. (93.1cm.) blade
Mid-16th Century
With fine broad double-edged blade with narrow central fuller on each side almost to the point, stamped 'Iohann' and 'Iohanni' respectively, the ricasso struck on each face with a large negro's head mark, iron hilt comprising long straight quillons widening towards the rounded tips, arms, large and small oval side-rings on the outside, and single ring and diagonal guard on the inside, globular pommel, all, except the inner guards, with studded "mulberry" surfaces, and spirally grooved wire-bound wooden grip
365/8in. (93.1cm.) blade
Provenance
Jeffery Farnol, Sotheby & Co., 13 February 1953, lot 39
J.F.R. Winsbury, who bequethed it to the vendor
J.F.R. Winsbury, who bequethed it to the vendor
Literature
H.L. Blackmore, 'The blackamoor swords', Royal Armouries Yearbook, vol. 3, 1998, p. 69, fig. 3
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.