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Rare and Fine Antique Arms and Armour, Orders & Militaria

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A beautiful cup-hilted rapier, First half of the 17th Century

Estimate

€ 2.800 - 3.500

Sold

€ 3.625

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Italia
length 122 cm.
Long, straight, double-edged blade, of hexagonal section; grooved and marked "ANTONIO /GINAMMI" between spirals at the base. The tang is outlined at the edges. Iron hilt with a large, finely carved and pierced cup, with four large cartouches in the centre, one depicting a warrior mounted on a winged horse fighting a dragon to save a maiden, another showing the knight with his winged horse having just cut off the head of an enemy warrior, in the third depiction the knight is invited to fight by a deity or a sovereign, and in the last depiction a battle scene is shown. On the upper border, dragons and fish among floral spiral decorations. The outer base with rays, the upper border is carved and roped. The quillons and the loop-guard are worked in coils, with flower-shaped ends. Carved center of crossguard. Ovoid pommel carved with floral motifs. Wooden grip covered with wire binding and iron wire Moor's heads.

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