A COMPOSITE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER
PARTLY EARLY 17 T H CENTURY
A COMPOSITE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER PARTLY EARLY 17 T H CENTURY With slender blade of flattened-diamond section changing to flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'Sahagom En Toledo' within the short fuller on one side, 'In Te Domino Spera' on the reverse, and the ricasso struck with a mark, 'S' crowned, on both sides, gilt cast-iron hilt decorated with flowers and foliage in low relief within a series of fish-roe panels, and the grip bound with wire and 'Turk's heads'. 39½in (100.3cm) blade
A COMPOSITE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER
PARTLY EARLY 17 T H CENTURY
A COMPOSITE SWEPT-HILT RAPIER PARTLY EARLY 17 T H CENTURY With slender blade of flattened-diamond section changing to flattened-hexagonal section, stamped 'Sahagom En Toledo' within the short fuller on one side, 'In Te Domino Spera' on the reverse, and the ricasso struck with a mark, 'S' crowned, on both sides, gilt cast-iron hilt decorated with flowers and foliage in low relief within a series of fish-roe panels, and the grip bound with wire and 'Turk's heads'. 39½in (100.3cm) blade
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