Rapier
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal, Steel
Measurements
170 mm (Width) x 250 mm (Depth); 1260 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328708
Summary
Sword; Rapier - Basket hilt rapier with one quillon. Textured leather to handle. Possible evidence of gilding to hilt and finial. Base of blade is engraved with noughts and crosses decoration.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.