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Rapier

Rapier

c. 1600
Russeted and gilded steel with inlaid silver, pommel and quillons termini chiseled in form of warrior heads
Overall: 125.4 cm (49 3/8 in.); Blade: 111 cm (43 11/16 in.); Quillions: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Grip: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.702
Location: 210A Armor Court
  • Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #92.
  • Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. Armes & Armures. June 10-14, 1895. Lot 244. Mentioned: vol. I, p. 51, lot 244; Reproduced: vol. II, p. [18], lot 244 archive.org
    Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (92) 94 archive.org
    Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 113-114, E63; Reproduced: Plate XXIX, E63 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 39 archive.org
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
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