A rare rapier
dating: 1570 - 1580 provenance:... Lot 334
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A rare rapier
dating: 1570 - 1580 provenance: Italia, Straight, double-edged blade of slightly hexagonal section, grooved base featuring the inscription 'IOANNES MIF.SE' inside a frame decorated with small dots. Grooved ricasso. Beautiful iron hilt with lower ring-guard, pointed quillon block with vertical grooves, straight quillons with longitudinal grooves and knots at the ends, arches, parry rings and loop guards worked en suite. A double smooth valve inside the lower ring-guard. Large pommel carved with deep and fine grooves. Wooden handle covered with iron wire binding and Moor's heads.
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