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Old 12th February 2021, 06:38 PM   #1
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It is Cupid!

two hearts and two names Simon and Vio (from Violetta).

And it is a smallsword all day (look at the proportions between the length of the hilt and the length of the blade).
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Old 12th February 2021, 06:46 PM   #2
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Bingo ... Marius .
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It is a 36" /92cm blade; very sharp on both sides.
A wedding present from the bride's family perhaps; it is the lower line that stump me as it is one word and my mother-in-law couldn't identify it but maybe it is Spanish or Portuguese etc.
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Old 12th February 2021, 07:29 PM   #4
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it is a large hilt as well, hence the deceptive proportions
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Old 12th February 2021, 07:31 PM   #5
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maybe that is an ampersand third from the right?
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Old 12th February 2021, 07:49 PM   #6
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this picture shows the proportions more accurately
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Old 12th February 2021, 08:02 PM   #7
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The blade is a flattened lozenge. With regard to a triangular blade: what confuses the eye is a soft flat along its length from the bottom of the engraving which is almost a gentle groove.
I considered the lower lettering as one word as it is joined at the base whereas the lettering of Simon has a separated O; equally, if it is an ampersand then the join-up is not relevant. All seems possible, and has always confused me.
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Old 12th February 2021, 07:39 PM   #8
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It is a 36" /92cm blade; very sharp on both sides.
A wedding present from the bride's family perhaps; it is the lower line that stump me as it is one word and my mother-in-law couldn't identify it but maybe it is Spanish or Portuguese etc.
Even if it is 92 cm long blade, that doensn't make it a rapier, but a large smallsword. And yes, the new photo shows better the proportions... but more images may shed more light.

The lower line definitely does NOT appear to be one word, but a succession of abbreviated words (I suggest below one possible way of separating the words), hence the difficulty of deciphering its meaning.
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