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THB18th C. European Iron Rapier w/ Wood & Brass Hilt
Lot 45
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Central Europe, Spain or Italy, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A beautiful rapier sword with a long iron blade and an iron shell shaped guard above a wooden hilt. The blade is characteristically double-edged with a sharp point and a prominent midrib on both sides, and a short shallow fuller, or blood gutter, near the guard. The wide curved plates form two shell-shaped guards that protect the user's hand. The large guard is further strengthened by a semicircular piece of iron that connects to the quillions. The long quillions protrude at right angles to the blade, and below is a bow-shaped knuckle guard that nearly touches the pommel. Embellishing this beautiful rapier is the wooden hilt that is carved with incised lines and capped with decorative braided brass wires and a diamond shaped iron pommel. The blade is relatively long for a rapier, suggesting a tall owner, and this weapon may have been used for dueling. Size: 47.25" L x 8.5" W (120 cm x 21.6 cm)
The cup and shell hilt style was designed to provide further protection to the sword hand, and was invented in Spain in the mid-1600s. A rapier like this one would have been mostly a ceremonial weapon, used not on the battlefield but instead at court and other elite institutions to demonstrate the social standing of its owner, who would have worn it sheathed on the belt. The rapier may have been used to defend its wearer's honor. As a single handed-weapon, the wearer would likely pair the rapier with a dagger or other small weapon.
Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection
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#160831Old inactive insect bore holes on wood handle. Handle slightly loose. Small loss to pommel. Faint marks on fuller are difficult to discern. Light patina on the blade.Condition
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