Rapier
Unknown
ca. 1600 · Steel, gold, silver, iron, wood · Arms and Armor
The form of this hilt is similar to that of some Saxon rapiers. The decoration, featuring delicate tendrils in gold and silver wire, is extremely unusual.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1600
- Medium
- Steel, gold, silver, iron, wood
- Culture
- German, possibly Saxony
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
