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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRINCE 181 A COMPOSITE RAPIER, THE BLADE EARLY 17TH CENTURY with long tapering blade (areas of pitting) formed with an almost full-length slender fuller on each face, stamped with the letters ‘IET’ in sequence on each side at the forte, tapering ricasso stamped ‘Caino’ and with the crowned ‘S’ mark, later symmetrical iron hilt, including straight quillons, ring-guards, knuckle-guard and pommel all chiselled with rounded mouldings and engraved with flowers and scrollwork, and wooden grip 113.0 cm; 44 ½ in blade For other blades of this type see Gotti 2011. £400-600 182 A COMPOSITE GERMAN SWORD, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged blade formed with three slender full-length fullers and stamped with a crowned ‘Pi’ mark on each face, incised rectangular ricasso, iron hilt (repaired) including a pair of vertically recurved quillons, upper and lower ring-guards (the upper now detached), trifurcated inner-guard and tall ovoid pommel 88.5 cm; 34 ⅞ in blade £500-700 183 TWO NORTH EUROPEAN CAVALRY SWORDS, CIRCA 1630 the first with associated double-edged blade tapering to a sharp point and incised with a decorative panel on each face at the forte, asymmetrical iron hilt including inner and outer ring-guards each filled with a pierced plate chiselled with foliage, outer guard and knuckle-guard each interrupted by a globular moulding, thumb-ring and later grip; the second with later blade from a smallsword, iron hilt with characteristic globular mouldings and pierced sprung-in plates (grip missing) the first: 90.5 cm; 35 ¾ in blade (2) £300-400
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