Rapier
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Leather, Steel
Measurements
1040 mm (Length)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170514
Summary
Sword. Seventeenth century cup-hilted rapier, Spanish; cup and part of blade engraved; braided leather handle.
Provenance
Amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust.