Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

VARIOUS OWNERS
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A NORTH EUROPEAN PAPPENHEIMER RAPIER, CIRCA 1630
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, engraved
with scrollwork within pair of short fullers on each side,
fullered ricasso, symmetrical steel hilt of flattened rounded
bars, comprising a pair of vertically recurved quillons with
fluted spatulate canted terminals, knuckle-guard en suite
with the quillons, outer ring-guard joined to the knuckleguard,
a pair of loop-shaped bars beneath enclosing a
sprung-in plate pierced with stars and circles (the inner
plate with one small chip), small lower ring-guard, and
faceted plummet-shaped pommel (cleaned throughout,
later grip)
111.8cm; 44in blade
£3000-4000
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A NORTH EUROPEAN TRANSITIONAL SWORD, CIRCA
1630
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section,
stamped ‘SEBASTIAN DE TORO’ and ‘ARHAN DES IN
TLEDO [sic]’, within a short fuller on the respective faces,
steel hilt comprising a pair of short quillons with flattened
mushroom-shaped quillons, outer ring-guard interrupted by
a central moulding en suite with the quillons, matching
pommel, and the grip bound with plaited wire and ‘Turk’s
heads’
89.5cm; 35D in blade
£1000-1200