28th Jun, 2006 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria including The Peter Cottis Collection
305
**a spanish cup-hilt rapier
**a spanish cup-hilt rapier, late 17th century
with slender blade of flattened hexagonal section, stamped 'DE PEDRO DE VELMONTE EN TOLEDO' within a pair of short narrow fullers on each side (worn, partly obscured), plain ricasso, steel hilt comprising cup-guard with down-turned roped brim, pierced over its full surface with patterns of scrolling foliage within a fluted framework radiating from the base, small lightly engraved guardapolvo, a pair of writhen quillons with small button terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, compressed fluted pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads', perhaps the original
103cm; 40 1/2in blade
For an account of Pedro de Velmonte see H.Seitz 1968, pp.265-270.
Sold for £2,200
**a spanish cup-hilt rapier, late 17th century
with slender blade of flattened hexagonal section, stamped 'DE PEDRO DE VELMONTE EN TOLEDO' within a pair of short narrow fullers on each side (worn, partly obscured), plain ricasso, steel hilt comprising cup-guard with down-turned roped brim, pierced over its full surface with patterns of scrolling foliage within a fluted framework radiating from the base, small lightly engraved guardapolvo, a pair of writhen quillons with small button terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, compressed fluted pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and 'Turk's heads', perhaps the original
103cm; 40 1/2in blade
For an account of Pedro de Velmonte see H.Seitz 1968, pp.265-270.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria including The Peter Cottis Collection, 28th Jun, 2006
