Rapier
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Steel, Wood
Measurements
1090 mm (Length)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170515.3
Summary
Sword. Rapier with pierced semi-cup hilt and braided leather handle. Seventeenth century.
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.