AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER
EARLY 17 T H CENTURY
AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER EARLY 17 T H CENTURY With tapering blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a recessed ricasso, large iron hilt of slender rounded bars, including outer-guard of three concentric rings canted towards the pommel, the upper joined by a branch to the knuckle-guard, a pair of long straight quillons, large drop-shaped pommel formed as an openwork cage of spiralling bars enclosing an inner pattern of bars spiralling in the opposing direction, the grip formed en suite , and the hilt terminals and mouldings all of a similar openwork design (light pitting) 46 7/8 (119.1cm) blade
AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER
EARLY 17 T H CENTURY
AN ITALIAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER EARLY 17 T H CENTURY With tapering blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a recessed ricasso, large iron hilt of slender rounded bars, including outer-guard of three concentric rings canted towards the pommel, the upper joined by a branch to the knuckle-guard, a pair of long straight quillons, large drop-shaped pommel formed as an openwork cage of spiralling bars enclosing an inner pattern of bars spiralling in the opposing direction, the grip formed en suite , and the hilt terminals and mouldings all of a similar openwork design (light pitting) 46 7/8 (119.1cm) blade
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