25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ AN ITALIAN MULTI-RING RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40, ALMOST CERTAINLY FOR THE PAPAL GUARD
with long tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section struck with a cross-and-orb mark ahead of a short fuller, the latter struck with a series of ‘X’ marks on each face, tapering ricasso, symmetrical iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons, inner and outer ring-guards each of seven bars, the uppermost joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, fitted with a figure-of-eight shaped plate embossed with the Crossed Keys of St. Peter on each side, faceted oval pommel (areas of pitting), and grip bound with a later twisted wire binding between ‘Turk’s Heads’, 116.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S509
Sold for £2,200
with long tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section struck with a cross-and-orb mark ahead of a short fuller, the latter struck with a series of ‘X’ marks on each face, tapering ricasso, symmetrical iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons, inner and outer ring-guards each of seven bars, the uppermost joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, fitted with a figure-of-eight shaped plate embossed with the Crossed Keys of St. Peter on each side, faceted oval pommel (areas of pitting), and grip bound with a later twisted wire binding between ‘Turk’s Heads’, 116.0 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S509
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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