25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
75
‡ A PORTUGUESE OFFICER’S CUP-HILT RAPIER, CIRCA 1780
with broad tapering double-edged blade etched ‘VIVA MARIA RAINHA DE PORTUGAL’ and with an orb and cross within a short fuller framed by lines on each face at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising large cup-guard with moulded brim, straight quillons swelling towards the terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, globular pommel drawn-out at the top to form an attenuated button, and grip bound with twisted copper alloy wire reinforced with iron ribs between iron collars, 95.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1508
Sold for £700
with broad tapering double-edged blade etched ‘VIVA MARIA RAINHA DE PORTUGAL’ and with an orb and cross within a short fuller framed by lines on each face at the forte, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising large cup-guard with moulded brim, straight quillons swelling towards the terminals, knuckle-guard en suite, globular pommel drawn-out at the top to form an attenuated button, and grip bound with twisted copper alloy wire reinforced with iron ribs between iron collars, 95.7 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S1508
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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