A GERMAN RAPIER C.1650-60

This is a fighting sword which portends the lighter small swords which followed but is firmly rooted in the mid 17th century.  The pierced and chiseled steel hilt is related to a group of dish hilt rapiers generally identified as Solingen, C.1635-45.  They are decorated with the same bold chiseled foliage and incorporate a repeated motif of either a cornucopia or flower basket.  An example of the former is #A508 of the Wallace Collection, and of the latter, #252 of our Catalog 59.  This example incorporates the flower basket with a single blossom.  Its large guards are closer in scale to the dish hilt rapiers than the small-swords which followed, as is its exceptionally long thrusting blade.

Blade length:  37”

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