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Rapier. Fig-shaped pommel, vertically fluted with eight panels, the whole cut into a reeded pattern. Large button, which shows clearly that the pommel has been removed and the hilt dismounted in recent times. The pommel does not belong to the rest of the hilt.
Spirally-fluted grip, bound with twisted wire, finished with plain steel collars at top and bottom. These may be modern. Guards, all of flat oval section, consist of a knuckle-guard and two guard-rings (the upper one joined to the knuckle-guard are flattened, widened and turned over in strong scrolls). The back of the hilt is a mirror-image of the front. Long narrow blade of strong diamond section, the faces hollowed; there is a neat shoulder at the point where the blade enters the hilt between the shells. The mid-rib of the blade is flattened below the shoulder for 2.0 cm (3/4").
Norman, type ..? 62 (variant). Pommel, type 74.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Length: 138.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Mid#
Circa
1620
-
1630
Western European
Grip
composed of
wire
( twisted)
Sword
composed of
steel
Blade
Length 115.0 cm
Hilt
Length 23.5 cm
Quillons
Width 24.4 cm
Grip And Pommel
Accession number: HEN.M.215-1933
Primary reference Number: 18935
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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