1592999394000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-18939 1747160050396 1710347846000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-18939 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18939 110a21a5-9627-35fd-a452-054d002f0e04 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Grip Inlay reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Sword sword, cast, with inlaid silver decoration on hilt, and decorated designs in the silver repoussé on a blackened ground on the guards (except back-guards), on fullers punched marks reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) Length cm 118 Blade Length cm 8.2 Grip Width cm 21 Quillons Decoration reference term-27645 adlib-term-27645 c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8 inlay (process) Ground reference term-120083 adlib-term-120083 744cf6df-d9ec-36e4-b585-daee7191fcc7 blackening Marks reference term-26524 adlib-term-26524 f0149c4f-a98b-31a5-b094-cc47120e891e punching Applied Arts Ovoid pommel with barrel-shaped button. 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 repoussé 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. Hilt type (Norman) 61. Pommel type 29. M.14-1946 1 accession number M.14-1946 18939 priref 18939 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18939 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18939 on the ricasso PICININO signature on some of fullers punched mark 14. 1946 tag reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-149645 adlib-agent-149645 10925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14d The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1946 1946 1946-12-23 given Entry date: 1946-12-23 1600 1600 1600 circa 1600 1620 1 1620 1620 1620 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown The blade is engraved PICININO in a cartouche on the ricasso - the part of the blade nearest the hilt. It was probably made by Frederic Picinino, who succeeded his father Antonio Picinino (1508–89). The binding of the grip is original and this hilt, though damaged with time, would have been magnificent when new. reference term-106607 adlib-term-106607 61babb74-f8fd-3e53-abf6-c2c2f5dd351b 17th Century, Early reference term-106511 adlib-term-106511 0677a51e-a816-3f2c-bd69-4dde898eab76 literal Italy Italy country Milan Length cm 128 reference term-87077 adlib-term-87077 542beac5-6e9e-31e7-bfb5-70809dc3cf54 rapier history note 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 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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