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[urbanspaceman]

I saw this on an early 18thC French smallsword and it seems to bear some resemblance:

[fernando]

Could well be; both have angel wings.

[mariusgmioc]

It is Cupid!

two hearts and two names Simon and Vio (from Violetta).

And it is a smallsword all day (look at the proportions between the length of the hilt and the length of the blade).

[fernando]

Bingo ... Marius .

[urbanspaceman]

It is a 36" /92cm blade; very sharp on both sides.
A wedding present from the bride's family perhaps; it is the lower line that stump me as it is one word and my mother-in-law couldn't identify it but maybe it is Spanish or Portuguese etc.

[urbanspaceman]

it is a large hilt as well, hence the deceptive proportions

[urbanspaceman]

maybe that is an ampersand third from the right?

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by urbanspaceman

It is a 36" /92cm blade; very sharp on both sides.
A wedding present from the bride's family perhaps; it is the lower line that stump me as it is one word and my mother-in-law couldn't identify it but maybe it is Spanish or Portuguese etc.

Even if it is 92 cm long blade, that doensn't make it a rapier, but a large smallsword. And yes, the new photo shows better the proportions... but more images may shed more light.

The lower line definitely does NOT appear to be one word, but a succession of abbreviated words (I suggest below one possible way of separating the words), hence the difficulty of deciphering its meaning.