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17TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FIVE RAPIER POMMELS
17th Century
The first chiselled with a pierced cage-like design of branches carrying small masks and a soldier front and rear (pitted); the second chiselled with three bands of foliage; the third cut with trophies-of- arms within a field of monster-head scrolls and all on a fish-roe ground; the fourth cut with swagged masks and figural cartouches (rubbed); and the last cut with four raised prominent cartouches alternately filled with figures and masks. (5)
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The first chiselled with a pierced cage-like design of branches carrying small masks and a soldier front and rear (pitted); the second chiselled with three bands of foliage; the third cut with trophies-of- arms within a field of monster-head scrolls and all on a fish-roe ground; the fourth cut with swagged masks and figural cartouches (rubbed); and the last cut with four raised prominent cartouches alternately filled with figures and masks. (5)
Provenance
S.J. Whawell, Sotheby' & Co., May 3, 1927, lot 164
Theodore Offerman, New York, 1927
Theodore Offerman, New York, 1927
Exhibited
The British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924-25
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium