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PARTLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE GERMAN RAPIER
Partly early 17th Century
With later slender tapering blade, iron hilt comprising a pair of quillons with engraved spatulate terminals, basket-guard of interlaced bars decorated all of square section with incised mouldings at the median points, engraved cone-shaped hexagonal pommel (associated) and wooden grip bound with leather over cord (replaced).
41¼in (105cm) blade
Partly early 17
With later slender tapering blade, iron hilt comprising a pair of quillons with engraved spatulate terminals, basket-guard of interlaced bars decorated all of square section with incised mouldings at the median points, engraved cone-shaped hexagonal pommel (associated) and wooden grip bound with leather over cord (replaced).
41¼
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