15929993940001312637261000Standard Recordobject-18939170197578096016189153990001701975718135fitz-onlineadlib-object-18939https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18939110a21a5-9627-35fd-a452-054d002f0e045referenceterm-86575adlib-term-865755649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9bweaponsreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverGrip Inlayreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelSwordsword, 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 marksreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)Lengthcm118BladeLengthcm8.2GripWidthcm21QuillonsDecorationreferenceterm-27645adlib-term-27645c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8inlay (process)Groundreferenceterm-120083adlib-term-120083744cf6df-d9ec-36e4-b585-daee7191fcc7blackeningMarksreferenceterm-26524adlib-term-26524f0149c4f-a98b-31a5-b094-cc47120e891epunchingApplied ArtsOvoid 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.14-19461accession numberM.14-194618939priref18939urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18939https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18939on the ricassoPICININOsignatureon some of fullerspunchedmark14. 1946tagreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-149645adlib-agent-14964510925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14dThe Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum194619461946-12-23givenEntry date: 1946-12-23160016001600circa160016201162016201620referenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThe 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.referenceterm-106607adlib-term-10660761babb74-f8fd-3e53-abf6-c2c2f5dd351b17th Century, Early#referenceterm-106511adlib-term-1065110677a51e-a816-3f2c-bd69-4dde898eab76literalItalyItalycountryMilanLengthcm128referenceterm-87077adlib-term-87077542beac5-6e9e-31e7-bfb5-70809dc3cf54rapierhistory noteBaron 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 Museumreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceterm-87077adlib-term-87077542beac5-6e9e-31e7-bfb5-70809dc3cf54rapierrapierobject
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