A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH
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A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
with associated long slender blade signed 'Ivan Martinez in Toledo' within a short fuller on each face (rubbed), grooved rectangular ricasso, iron hilt chiselled with delicate fluting and wrigglework, comprising a pair of asymmetrical down-curved quillons each swelling to a foliate terminal, outer ring-guard interrupted by a moulding en suite with the quillons, matching knuckle-guard, small inner shell-guard, plummet-shaped pommel decorated with foliage, and the grip bound with plaited wire between 'Turk's heads'
96.7 cm; 38 in blade
with associated long slender blade signed 'Ivan Martinez in Toledo' within a short fuller on each face (rubbed), grooved rectangular ricasso, iron hilt chiselled with delicate fluting and wrigglework, comprising a pair of asymmetrical down-curved quillons each swelling to a foliate terminal, outer ring-guard interrupted by a moulding en suite with the quillons, matching knuckle-guard, small inner shell-guard, plummet-shaped pommel decorated with foliage, and the grip bound with plaited wire between 'Turk's heads'
96.7 cm; 38 in blade
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A NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH
Estimate £700 - £1,000
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