A Brescian Cup-Hilt Rapier With Hilt Entirely Of Steel Circa 1650

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A BRESCIAN CUP-HILT RAPIER WITH HILT ENTIRELY OF STEEL CIRCA 1650 With slender tapering blade of stiff diamond section incised 'IN SOLINGEN' within the short fuller on each side of the forte, the ricasso struck on each side with a mark, a wheel surmounted by a cross, the hilt with...

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chiselled spirally fluted section grip tips button suite pommel diagonally hilt compressed overlapping pierced flowering rapier entirely diamond incised cross straight circular finials knuckle-guard border finely steel circa 1650 slender tapering blade stiff solingen short fuller forte ricasso struck mark wheel surmounted swelling quillons foliage turned budding foliate scrolls inhabited birds minor wear cup-hilt scattered brescian pitting