Hi Guys,
I have seen a few similar spanish blades c 1650, but without the lasso guard and with straight quillons. The grip is obviously "new" (18th C?) .
A serviced heirloom? A reworked, "updated", ceremonial sword?
Italians did have a tendency to curve _both_ quillons toward the point.
Best
M
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Originally Posted by Matchlock
Hi 'Nando,
My first thought on this interesting piece was that it might be a Pappenheimer rapier of ca. 1625-30, the pommel obviously in excavated condition and of English provenance. My expert friend Ottmar has corrected me this afternoon; while confirming the that the pommel is an inapt English find, he says the rest is a civilian rapier of ca. 1640, probably German, and the wire binding is a modern replacement.
Best,
Michael
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