Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A FINE RAPIER, CIRCA 1630-40, POSSIBLY ENGLISH
with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal section, stamped
‘IOHANI’ within a short fuller on each side, rectangular
ricasso stamped with the bladesmith’s mark, S crowned on
each side (one side rubbed), steel hilt of engraved faceted
bars, comprising down-curved quillon with large pierced
ovoid openwork terminal decorated with a series of scrolls,
side-ring and knuckle-guard each interrupted with an ovoid
openwork moulding en suite with the quillon, triangular
écusson engraved with a scrollwork horned mask on the
rear, fitted with a down-curved shell-guard pierced with an
arrangement of scrolls matching the quillon terminal,
openwork pommel en suite and chiselled with scrolls about
the button, and early grip bound with plaited wire and
‘Turk’s heads’
101cm; 39N in blade
£7000-9000
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