AN ITALIAN RAPIER with tapering blade (pitted) of flattened hexagonal section with two narrow fullers along the whole length on each side and stamped 'Nomine Tengo', the iron hilt comprising slender double 'crab-claw' quillons and two concentric oval side-rings, all notched, between the rings a scallop-shaped shell (slight cracking), ovoidal faceted pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, circa 1620-30, probably Venetian