A Brescian Cup-Hilt Rapier With Hilt Entirely Of Steel Circa 1650 With slender tapering blade of stiff diamond section incised 'IN SOLINGEN' within the short fuller on each side of the forte, the ricasso struck on each side with a mark, a wheel surmounted by a cross, the hilt with straight swelling quillons of circular section chiselled and spirally fluted towards the tips and with button finials, knuckle-guard en suite, and compressed spirally fluted pommel with button, the grip diagonally fluted front and back and chiselled with overlapping foliage, the cup with turned border en suite with the grip, and finely pierced and chiselled with flowering and budding foliate scrolls inhabited by birds (minor wear and old scattered pitting) 112 cm. blade Footnotes: Provenance Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour Including items from the Per T. Norheim Collection, 29 April 2010, lot 101 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing