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A FINE GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER C.1590
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Item Number: GC.A.014
This sword is from a well known group studied by A. V. B. Norman. Evidently all were made in Munich and among others, served the the Munich Town Guard. Examples are preserved in the Royal Armories, Leeds, the Wallace Collection, the Royal Army Museum, Brussels and private collections. They are distinguished by their substantial, straight tapered finely balanced blades and broad flat back convex hilt members. Marked examples include those produced by Wolfgang Stantler of Munich whose mark is a crowned S over T. This example is marked with a crowned T over S, probably a variation of the Stantler mark, or, less likely, a competitor. The form and quality strongly suggest Wolfgang Stantler as the maker.
Blade length: 36 7/8
Extended Layaway is available for this item.
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Its high rounded upper hilt bar dates this rapier to the first quarter of the 17th century.
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This is an example of a purely English rapier of the English Civil Wars period and the years which led to them.
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The hilt is heavily encrusted in high relief silver foliage and classical portrait heads. The grip is wrapped in silver wire. The result is a lovely weapon which, in hands schooled to it, was the match of any on the street. Blade length: 28
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