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EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN SEVEN-RING RAPIER
Early 17th Century
With tapering blade of flattened-diamond section stamped with the Sacred Monogram between two stars within the short fullers on both sides at the forte and ricasso struck with two crosses on each face, iron hilt of slender bars, comprising inner-and outer-guards of seven rings, the lowest fitted with a pair of pierced and incised plates, knuckle-guard, recurved quillons, pommel of barrel-form and original leather covered grip (wire-binding missing).
41¾in (106cm) blade
Early 17
With tapering blade of flattened-diamond section stamped with the Sacred Monogram between two stars within the short fullers on both sides at the forte and ricasso struck with two crosses on each face, iron hilt of slender bars, comprising inner-and outer-guards of seven rings, the lowest fitted with a pair of pierced and incised plates, knuckle-guard, recurved quillons, pommel of barrel-form and original leather covered grip (wire-binding missing).
41¾
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