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16TH CENTURY AND LATER
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A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER IN ITALIAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE
16TH CENTURY AND LATER
With slender well-made double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section cut with twin pierced fullers at the forte, oblong ricasso cut with two grooves on each face, iron guard of swelled slender bars heightened throughout with gold and silver dots, good quality wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and fine 16th century cushion-shaped pommel gold- and silver-inlaid decoration including lines, dots, stars and a fleur-de-lys
38¼in. (97cm.) blade
16TH CENTURY AND LATER
With slender well-made double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section cut with twin pierced fullers at the forte, oblong ricasso cut with two grooves on each face, iron guard of swelled slender bars heightened throughout with gold and silver dots, good quality wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and fine 16th century cushion-shaped pommel gold- and silver-inlaid decoration including lines, dots, stars and a fleur-de-lys
38¼in. (97cm.) blade
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