AN ITALIAN CUP-HILT RAPIER
CIRCA 1670
With long slender double-edged blade, iron hilt of slender bars, the cup-guard with a band of pierced flowering foliage, guardapolvo pierced en suite, copper wire bound grip with Turk's heads, and pommel engraved with further flowering foliage en suite with the guard
41 ½ in. (105.4 cm.) blade
The blade stamped 'Lamber Tengo' on each side
AN ITALIAN CUP-HILT RAPIER
CIRCA 1670
With long slender double-edged blade, iron hilt of slender bars, the cup-guard with a band of pierced flowering foliage, guardapolvo pierced en suite, copper wire bound grip with Turk's heads, and pommel engraved with further flowering foliage en suite with the guard
41 ½ in. (105.4 cm.) blade
The blade stamped 'Lamber Tengo' on each side
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