7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER
**A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with tapering slender blade cut with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard pierced with two horizontally arranged bands of scrolling foliage a pair of straight writhen quillons with button-shaped terminals, knuckle-guard en suite and spirally moulded bun-shaped pommel (the hilt loose, grip missing)
116 cm; 45 5/8 in blade
Provenance
Giulia P. Morosini, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc., New York, 10-15 October 1932, part of lot 234
JWHA Inv. No. 1802
Sold for £1,000
**A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with tapering slender blade cut with a short fuller on each face, iron hilt comprising cup-guard pierced with two horizontally arranged bands of scrolling foliage a pair of straight writhen quillons with button-shaped terminals, knuckle-guard en suite and spirally moulded bun-shaped pommel (the hilt loose, grip missing)
116 cm; 45 5/8 in blade
Provenance
Giulia P. Morosini, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc., New York, 10-15 October 1932, part of lot 234
JWHA Inv. No. 1802
