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Source Description
The basket shape of the hilt completely encloses the hand in a system of connected, curving bars that extend from the guard to the pommel. The blade is exceptionally long, with a flattened diamond section that turns to a hexagonal section, and is deeply grooved at the hilt.The blade is marked "Marson," presumably the maker. The same mark was found on a rapier carried by Gustav II Adolph, king of Sweden during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
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Document identity
localId
19505
label
Basket-Hilt Rapier
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
19505
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Basket-Hilt Rapier
description
The basket shape of the hilt completely encloses the hand in a system of connected, curving bars that extend from the guard to the pommel. The blade is exceptionally long, with a flattened diamond section that turns to a hexagonal section, and is deeply grooved at the hilt.The blade is marked "Marson," presumably the maker. The same mark was found on a rapier carried by Gustav II Adolph, king of Sweden during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
provenance
Duca d'Aosta; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 27-28, 1925, no. 104; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1625-1650 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
rapiers
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
53 11/16 in. (136.3 cm)
Source extras
med
steel
creator_ids
4807
collection_ids
BAR
ARM
exhibition_ids
1994
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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