Details

Object type

swept hilt rapier

Place Associated

England (place of manufacture)

Date

1590-1610

Materials

steel, wire, silver

Dimensions

overall: 991 mm x 167 mm x 120 mm 1009 g

Description

Swept Hilt Rapier; globular pommel; wire-bound grip; pommel, lobed quillon terminal and knuckle-guard loop encrusted with silver in black ground; the two inner loops being plain except for lobed projecting terminal; tapering blade with deep groove between two pierced grooves at hilt end over an engraved motif. England.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Arms and Armour

ID Number

2.89

Location

In storage