- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rapier with steel blade of triangular section, incised with curvilinear designs near the hilt. [LM 29/08/2007]
- Long description
- Rapier with steel blade of triangular section, incised with curvilinear designs near the hilt. The iron guard is oval, the grip is bound with twisted copper wire and the pommel is a round iron knob. [LM 29/08/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- European
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Wilfred Hammerton Antrobus Cowell
- PRM source Wilfred Hammerton Antrobus Cowell
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1700-1800?, uncertain
- Date collected
- By 1942
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1937, uncertain Found unentered: 1942
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Metal Wire, Material Copper Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 980 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.1.372
- Research and responses
A rapier was originally, a long, pointed, two-edged sword adapted either for cutting or thrusting, but chiefly used for the latter. In later use, a light, sharp-pointed sword designed only for thrusting; a small sword. [Source: OED Online] [MR 12/4/2000]
1942.1.372
Rapier with steel blade of triangular section, incised with curvilinear designs near the hilt. [LM 29/08/2007]
1942.1.372
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