Rapier with flaberge blade (Victorian?)

midelburgo · 20th March 2023, 11:34 PM

At the Madrid Royal Armoury there is dish hilt rapier with a flamberge blade that belonged ro Felipe IV. Toledo Factory made replicas in the last third of XIXth century of this and other rapiers and these can be quite deceiving and not always marked. Page from c1910 catalogue. They were produced for so long that variations are common. I have seen later wall hangers modeled on the factory copy, too, without the dish in the example at the bottom.

20th March 2023, 11:34 PM	#3
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 248	At the Madrid Royal Armoury there is dish hilt rapier with a flamberge blade that belonged ro Felipe IV. Toledo Factory made replicas in the last third of XIXth century of this and other rapiers and these can be quite deceiving and not always marked. Page from c1910 catalogue. They were produced for so long that variations are common. I have seen later wall hangers modeled on the factory copy, too, without the dish in the example at the bottom. Attached Images Last edited by midelburgo; 20th March 2023 at 11:45 PM.