28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
223
‡ A COMPOSITE RAPIER, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
comprising early tapering blade formed with a long central fuller on each face, iron hilt including straight quillon (the left quillon detached), outer ring-guards and knuckle-guard, plummet-shaped pommel with strong vertical flutes, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 102.0 cm blade
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sold for £2,000
comprising early tapering blade formed with a long central fuller on each face, iron hilt including straight quillon (the left quillon detached), outer ring-guards and knuckle-guard, plummet-shaped pommel with strong vertical flutes, and the grip bound with plaited wire between ‘Turk’s heads’, 102.0 cm blade
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
