AN ENGLISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, the wide blade of flattened diamond section with narrow central fuller on each face of the forte stamped with letters, iron hilt with shallow cup guard pierced to represent a multi-petalled flower containing numerous small holes, the edge pierced and engraved, slender down-scrolled quillons, and slender knuckle-guard flanked at the base by S-scrolls, fluted ovoidal pommel, and wooden grip, circa 1630-40