Rapier
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1630 - 1670
Materials
Metal
Measurements
950 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783256
Summary
Rapier, English, mid-17th C; blade with deep fuller each side, stamped in fuller with letters, etc; hilt of up-and-down quillons with a pair of ring guards; two branches supporting lower ring guards; the latter formerly had shell guards; knuckle guard with two scrolled loops to ring-guards; wire bound grip; rounded pommel.