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Spirally-grooved grip bound with silver, in alternating strands of flat ribbon and twisted wire, the ribbon being within the spiral grooves. Turks' heads at top and bottom. Knuckle-guard of circular section, with an elaborate out-turned feature at the top. Long, straight quillons of circular section, widening towards the ends, with a strong cusped ecusson. The rest of the hilt emits branches, loop-guard and three ring-guards, all of circular section, springing from the ends of the branches. Back-guard of four elements. All of the guards, except the back-guards, ae decorated with designs in the silver repouss\u00e9 on a blackened ground, in the manner of contemporary English decoration. Long blade of flat hexagonal section. There is a flat ricasso, the faces of which are slightly hollowed, and double fullers at the forte. In the ricasso, the name PICININO in a cartouche is engraved, and in some of the fullers are indeterminate punched marks.\nHilt type (Norman) 61. 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It was probably made by Frederic Picinino, who succeeded his father Antonio Picinino (1508\u201389). The binding of the grip is original and this hilt, though damaged with time, would have been magnificent when new."}],"periods":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-106607","uid":"adlib-term-106607","uuid":"61babb74-f8fd-3e53-abf6-c2c2f5dd351b"},"summary_title":"17th Century, Early"}],"places":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-106511","uid":"adlib-term-106511","uuid":"0677a51e-a816-3f2c-bd69-4dde898eab76"},"hierarchies":[[{"@link":{"type":"literal"},"name":[{"value":"Italy"}],"summary_title":"Italy","type":"country"}]],"summary_title":"Milan"}]}]},"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","units":"cm","value":"128"}]},"name":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-87077","uid":"adlib-term-87077","uuid":"542beac5-6e9e-31e7-bfb5-70809dc3cf54"},"summary_title":"rapier"}}],"note":[{"type":"history note","value":"Baron A.C. de Cosson; sold Sotheby's, May 23 1946, Catalogue of Armour and Weapons from the Collection of the late Baron C.A. de Cosson, Sold by order of C.A. de Cosson, Esq. . . ., lot 165; purchased for the Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"owners":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-87077","uid":"adlib-term-87077","uuid":"542beac5-6e9e-31e7-bfb5-70809dc3cf54"},"summary_title":"rapier"}},"summary_title":"rapier","type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}