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Property from the Estate of Patrick Kelly A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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Property from the Estate of Patrick Kelly A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged slender blade incised with a wavy pattern along the centre on each face at the forte, struck with a mark on the ricasso, iron hilt comprising cup-guard pierced and chiselled with an expanded flowerhead surmounted by a frieze of foliage inhabited by mythical birds and beasts, rising on one side to a panel filled with a crowned double eagle, a pair of straight quillons incised with chevrons at the terminals, a pair of arms decorated en suite at the join, and curved knuckle-guard also en suite, associated ovoid pommel and wooden grip 105.0 cm; 41 3/8 in blade Provenance J. F. R. Winsbury, sold Christie~s, London, 16th May 1973, lot 104
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Property from the Estate of Patrick Kelly A SPANISH CUP-HILT RAPIER, LATE 17TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged slender blade incised with a wavy pattern along the centre on each face at the forte, struck with a mark on the ricasso, iron hilt comprising cup-guard pierced and chiselled with an expanded flowerhead surmounted by a frieze of foliage inhabited by mythical birds and beasts, rising on one side to a panel filled with a crowned double eagle, a pair of straight quillons incised with chevrons at the terminals, a pair of arms decorated en suite at the join, and curved knuckle-guard also en suite, associated ovoid pommel and wooden grip 105.0 cm; 41 3/8 in blade Provenance J. F. R. Winsbury, sold Christie~s, London, 16th May 1973, lot 104
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