A Spanish Rapier, 17th Century.
A Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier, Circa 1650. With slender tapering double edged blade of flattened diamond section, with raised central reinforcing running the entire length of the blade (see areas of pitting towards the tip of the blade) ricasso off flattened octagonal section, it appears to be stamped with blade smith mark, a crowned ‘L’, iron hilt with straight quills swelling slightly towards their tips and terminating in baluster buttons, knuckle guard en suite, compressed pommel, wooden grip bound with plain and twisted wire between plan steel collars and reinforced with recessed vertical steel straps, symmetrical solid steel cup divided into two main panels one decorated with scrolling foliage and a flower head, the other plain, the panels surmounted by flattened bars, the main ones rising to meet the knuckle guard on the right hand side and the quilon on the left.
Dimensions:
Blade Length: 38.5 Inches (97.79 cm)
Overall Length: 46 Inches (116.84 cm)
£2,250.00
1 in stock
