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- Date: 1590 - 1899
probably c. 1590 - c. 1620 (hilt)
19th century (blade) - Medium: Iron or steel and gold, chased, blackened and gilded
- Length: 104.8 cm
- Width: 2.5 cm
- Weight: 1.275 kg
- Inv: A610
- Location: Arms and Armour IV
- Date: 1590 - 1899
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- Rapier, the swept hilt, of symmetrical form, composed of a flattened cylindrical pommel, with button; vertically ribbed, wire-bound grip; single curved rear quillon widening at the end; double side-rings, hilt-arms and knuckle-guard; all the guards are of flattened oval section. The entire hilt is chased in low relief with conventional scroll-work, gilt on a blackened ground; on the pommel the pattern is reticulated. Blade of flattened diamond section, with a single deep fuller at the forte and a strong ricasso. No maker’s mark.
Hilt probably about 1590-1620; blade probably 19th century.
Norman and Barne, 1980, p. 128.
- Rapier, the swept hilt, of symmetrical form, composed of a flattened cylindrical pommel, with button; vertically ribbed, wire-bound grip; single curved rear quillon widening at the end; double side-rings, hilt-arms and knuckle-guard; all the guards are of flattened oval section. The entire hilt is chased in low relief with conventional scroll-work, gilt on a blackened ground; on the pommel the pattern is reticulated. Blade of flattened diamond section, with a single deep fuller at the forte and a strong ricasso. No maker’s mark.