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198 A COMPOSITE RAPIER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES with fullered blade stamped with ‘Ynte Domine en Petavi Ano 1720 no con Fundan Ynetexnu Solige’ within a pair of fullers on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, including a pair of straight quillons, knuckle-guard and trifurcated inner-guard, barrelshaped pommel and wire bound grip with ‘Turk’s heads’ 97cm; 38 1/4in blade Provenance George L. Maxwell, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 30th November 1928, lot 123 JWHA Inv. No. 637 Exhibited Schnectady Museum, New York, 4th June- 13th September 1979 Lowe Museum, Miami, Florida, 1st December 1979-13 January 1980 ‡ £300-500 199 A COMPOSITE RAPIER, PARTLY 17TH CENTURY with broad fullered blade cut-down from a two-hand sword, with traces of a cross and orb mark on one face and cut with three slender fullers, leather bound recessed ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars with swollen central mouldings, including upper and lower ring-guard, a pair of horizontally recurved quillons, large spherical pommel, and wire bound grip with ‘Turk’s heads’ 88.5cm; 34 7/8in blade
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200 TWO ITALIAN RAPIERS WITH SO-CALLED ‘CRAB-CLAW’ HILTS, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY the first with shortened tapering rapier blade stamped ‘M*O*M*O*M*O*’ within a short fuller on the respective faces, steel hilt comprising a pair of down-curved moulded quillons (one shortened) with a pair of matching lugs beneath, outer ring-guard en suite, curved triangular guard engraved with a bold lily, and later ovoid pommel (grip missing); the second with tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section, steel hilt similar to the preceding, including curved triangular outer guard (split) engraved with scrolling foliage, faceted ovoid pommel, and wooden grip with ‘Turk’s heads’ the first: 73cm; 28 3/4in blade (2) Provenance The first: Giulia Morosini, sold American Art Association, New York, 10th-15th October 1932, part of lot 246 The second: Angelo Peyron, Florence, Italy, sold Savoy Art & Auction Galleries, New York, 4th November 1954, lot 39 JWHA Inv. Nos. 1806, 3059 For related swords, including an example ascribed to the Medici armoury, see L. G. Boccia and E. T. Coelho 1975, nos. 588-590. ‡ £700-1000
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