SPANISH TRANSITIONAL RAPIER, C.1720

Elegant brass hilt, originally gilt, with double shell guards, scrolling rococo counter guards and opened quillon block. The tang visible, originally would have been clothed sheathed matching the blade seat. Chevron wire wrapped grip with vertical bars in the Spanish taste, Spherical pommel. 27 ¾” double fullered diamond section blade. The fullers with inscriptions both sides. The hilt dark patina. Stable oxidation texture to the blade.