art-of-swords:Rapier Dated: circa 1600Maker: PicininoCulture: ItalianMeasurements: overall length 1
art-of-swords:Rapier Dated: circa 1600Maker: PicininoCulture: ItalianMeasurements: overall length 137 cmThe sword has a straight, double-edged blade of lozenge section and a tang marked “PICININO”. The iron hilt has straight arms of the quillon of hexagonal section, pointed and grooved quillon-block and a guard and lower side ring with smooth loops. The oval pommel is chiselled with a palmette, while the wooden grip is bound in iron wire and has moor’s heads.Source: Copyright © 2016 Czerny’s International Auction House S.R.L. -- source link