Excellent Spanish Cup-Hilt Rapier sword 1650

With slender tapering blade of slightly flattened diamond section with deep central fuller on each side of the forte stamped 'In Solingin' between cross marks

Iron hilt comprising cup-guard with rounded rim, small disc-shaped guardapolvo with beaded border, long slender quillons with turned button terminals

knuckle-guard en suite and with central mouldings, compressed globular pommel with flattened button finial, and grip bound with twisted copper wire

83.1 cm blade