Rapier
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1600 (circa)
Materials
Steel
Measurements
885 mm (Width); 1250 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Portugal
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328704
Summary
Sword; Rapier - Cup hilted sword, with damaged cup - holes where corroded. 'Portuguese cup-hilt rapier circa 1600. Groove down the length of the blade and 12 inches across the quillions' (M.Jessup). CPW Item number 45 (Dragon).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.