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- Rapier
- Andrea Ferara (*1530)
- Italy
- c. 1610
probably 19th century (decoration of hilt) - Steel, wood and gold, chiselled and gilded
- Length: 109.3 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Weight: 1.26 kg - Maker's mark: '·ANDREA FERARA·'
Stamp: Cross Stamped twice - A592
- European Armoury III
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- Rapier, the swept hilt comprising a cylindrical pommel with nine hollow facets; short wooden grip of octagonal section bound with wire; diagonally curved crossguard with slight horizontal recurving, side-ring hilt arms and loop-guard joining the knuckle-guard, and three transverse bars on the inner side, all of oval section; the hilt is of steel chiselled in low relief with monsters, masks, conventional flowers and oval panels containing classical figures on a gilt and matted ground. The blade of hexagonal section, with a single groove inscribed on each side:
ANDREA FERARA
The ricasso is stamped with a cross twice on each side.
About 1610; decoration of hilt probably 19th century; blade Italian.
L' Art Ancien, IV, no. 568.
Provenance: Frédéric Spitzer.
For other blades here inscribed by Andrea Ferara, see A544.
- Rapier, the swept hilt comprising a cylindrical pommel with nine hollow facets; short wooden grip of octagonal section bound with wire; diagonally curved crossguard with slight horizontal recurving, side-ring hilt arms and loop-guard joining the knuckle-guard, and three transverse bars on the inner side, all of oval section; the hilt is of steel chiselled in low relief with monsters, masks, conventional flowers and oval panels containing classical figures on a gilt and matted ground. The blade of hexagonal section, with a single groove inscribed on each side:
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