AN ENGLISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, the blade of flattened hexagonal section with central fuller containing traces of an inscription on each face of the forte, iron hilt with guard comprising cup formed as a shallow multi-petalled flowerhead pierced with numerous small holes, the rim bearing two side-loops, supported on scrolls, each with central moulding and linked to a slender knuckle-guard en suite, straight slender quillons with faceted terminal knobs, ovoidal reeded pommel, and wire-bound writhen wooden grip (some pitting overall), mid-17th Century