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fluted, straight arms and circular end points. The guard is a complete basket-hilt. All the iron parts
are burnished black. The centres of the bars are strengthened with knots like the ends of the
quillons. All these bosses and knots are openwork, in imitation of a loosely made ribband knot. There
is a brass plate on the blade with the inscription: “JOHANNI”. The bladesmith’s mark is the J. M.
of Johannes Mumm, Solingen, about 1630. From the Zschille collection, Grossenhain.
German, about 1630. Length, 112 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 99.
99. BASKET-HILTED RAPIER. The stiff two-edged blade has concave faces and a stout median rib.
The grip is bound with copper wire, and the pommel is pear-shaped. The flat arms of the quillons are
counter-curved and broaden towards the ends. The guard is a complete basket-hilt with two large triangular
guards. All the hilt parts are gilt and patterned with short fluted diagonals. It has a bladesmith’s mark.
City of Landshut ? (The rapier is similar to that of the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg in the Berlin
arsenal.)
North German, about 1650. Length, 119 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 92.
100. BASKET-SWORD WITH WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL. The blade is two-edged with middle groove,
having a pistol screwed to its long ricasso. The guard of the hilt is a complete basket. The grip is bound
with silver wire. The pommel is cork-shaped. The arms of the quillons terminate in round plates, the
left arm being formed as a knuckle guard. All hilt parts are diagonally fluted and gilt. The barrel of the
pistol and the carefully made wheel-lock are covered with engravings. The blade bears the king’s head
mark of Wilhelm Wundes, Solingen.
German, about 1650. Length, 122 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 132.
101. CUP-HILTED RAPIER AND SHEATH. The blade is two-edged with middle plane and two short
channels. The guard of the hilt is a cup hilt in the Saxon shape. The grip is bound with fine wire. The
pommel is pear-shaped, and the quillons are straight, broadening towards the ends. The two quillon
rings are broadened in the middle. The original sheath is of red velvet with locket and chape. The pommel
and all the exterior parts of the hilt and sheath have the fine hairlike design characteristic of the Saxon
makes. Bladesmith’s mark: recumbent trefoil cross. From the Dresden Historical Museum. Dagger
No. 35 belongs to this rapier.
German, Saxon, about 1550. Length, 116 cm.
102. CUP-HILTED RENAISSANCE RAPIER. The very thin long blade has first hexagonal and then
2 point. The grip is bound with twisted wire. The pommel,
re pommel, the ends of the straight quillons and the centres
le guard is a cup in which the knuckle rings are connected
SY DEUS PRONOBIS QUIS CONTRA NOSS. Milanese
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blad = c\j
Itali E
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Itali E_
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;r Cat. No. 77.
Table 19.
Le blade is slender and two-edged with central groove above
The whole hilt with the grip is cast in bronze, uniformly
lilt. The ornamentation represents a uniform process, viz. a
e hunters are standing with two dogs (on the hilt), a fourth
n (on the slanting bars of the cup). The trunks, branches,
d with extreme fineness, so that all the parts appear as trans-
Le there are likewise etched and gilded branches. The rapier
|i Gardone). In the channel is the name of the bladesmith,
en-Baden.
|:m. Dreger Cat. No. 80. Table 20.
The narrow blade is two-edged with central groove and
he counter curved. The guard consists of two pas d’äne con-
I milt is carved in iron and damascened in silver. The pommel
aped like negroheads with golden eyes and silver teeth, with
lar negroheads are in bas-relief on the sides of the grip: all
z and tendrils. The top of the blade has the same patterns
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are burnished black. The centres of the bars are strengthened with knots like the ends of the
quillons. All these bosses and knots are openwork, in imitation of a loosely made ribband knot. There
is a brass plate on the blade with the inscription: “JOHANNI”. The bladesmith’s mark is the J. M.
of Johannes Mumm, Solingen, about 1630. From the Zschille collection, Grossenhain.
German, about 1630. Length, 112 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 99.
99. BASKET-HILTED RAPIER. The stiff two-edged blade has concave faces and a stout median rib.
The grip is bound with copper wire, and the pommel is pear-shaped. The flat arms of the quillons are
counter-curved and broaden towards the ends. The guard is a complete basket-hilt with two large triangular
guards. All the hilt parts are gilt and patterned with short fluted diagonals. It has a bladesmith’s mark.
City of Landshut ? (The rapier is similar to that of the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg in the Berlin
arsenal.)
North German, about 1650. Length, 119 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 92.
100. BASKET-SWORD WITH WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL. The blade is two-edged with middle groove,
having a pistol screwed to its long ricasso. The guard of the hilt is a complete basket. The grip is bound
with silver wire. The pommel is cork-shaped. The arms of the quillons terminate in round plates, the
left arm being formed as a knuckle guard. All hilt parts are diagonally fluted and gilt. The barrel of the
pistol and the carefully made wheel-lock are covered with engravings. The blade bears the king’s head
mark of Wilhelm Wundes, Solingen.
German, about 1650. Length, 122 cm. Dreger Cat. No. 132.
101. CUP-HILTED RAPIER AND SHEATH. The blade is two-edged with middle plane and two short
channels. The guard of the hilt is a cup hilt in the Saxon shape. The grip is bound with fine wire. The
pommel is pear-shaped, and the quillons are straight, broadening towards the ends. The two quillon
rings are broadened in the middle. The original sheath is of red velvet with locket and chape. The pommel
and all the exterior parts of the hilt and sheath have the fine hairlike design characteristic of the Saxon
makes. Bladesmith’s mark: recumbent trefoil cross. From the Dresden Historical Museum. Dagger
No. 35 belongs to this rapier.
German, Saxon, about 1550. Length, 116 cm.
102. CUP-HILTED RENAISSANCE RAPIER. The very thin long blade has first hexagonal and then
2 point. The grip is bound with twisted wire. The pommel,
re pommel, the ends of the straight quillons and the centres
le guard is a cup in which the knuckle rings are connected
SY DEUS PRONOBIS QUIS CONTRA NOSS. Milanese
quae -
quiU I?
of tt E
by P E_
blad = c\j
Itali E
leav = ^
pare -
bear E-
Gin; = 00
Itali E_
104. RE1
chat E_
nect E cd
and E
silvt =-
the ELi?
I CD
P oa
§- o
E E
;r Cat. No. 77.
Table 19.
Le blade is slender and two-edged with central groove above
The whole hilt with the grip is cast in bronze, uniformly
lilt. The ornamentation represents a uniform process, viz. a
e hunters are standing with two dogs (on the hilt), a fourth
n (on the slanting bars of the cup). The trunks, branches,
d with extreme fineness, so that all the parts appear as trans-
Le there are likewise etched and gilded branches. The rapier
|i Gardone). In the channel is the name of the bladesmith,
en-Baden.
|:m. Dreger Cat. No. 80. Table 20.
The narrow blade is two-edged with central groove and
he counter curved. The guard consists of two pas d’äne con-
I milt is carved in iron and damascened in silver. The pommel
aped like negroheads with golden eyes and silver teeth, with
lar negroheads are in bas-relief on the sides of the grip: all
z and tendrils. The top of the blade has the same patterns
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