Dean Castle Arms and Armour
Rapiers
Cup hilt rapier 2
- Description:
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Spanish 17th century cup hilt rapier. Features a highly decorated hilt with its guard presenting floral and bird designs chiselled into the metal. Possesses a fig-shaped pommel with button and helix wire wrap on the grip with a sailor's knot at its top and bottom. Double-edged blade with inscriptions on both side, one side reading 'PEDROO' and the other 'ILECAMA'. Cup hilt rapiers emerged as a popular sword for persnal defence in Spain during the Renaissance, with the cup guard protecting the hand during combat.
- Source:
- Dean Castle
- Digital Number:
- RI_DC_0000120
- Copyright:
- East Ayrshire Council
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