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NARC-866487: Post-medieval to Modern rapier

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RAPIER

Unique ID: NARC-866487

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A late 17th - early 19th-century rapier, with an iron blade, and copper-alloy pommel and guard. The grip is not preserved, but traces of decorative silver wire, and of (?) wood remain over the iron tang. The figure-8-shaped guard is solid cast (rather than machine-pressed), but undecorated but for a moulded marginal line. The blade is heavily corroded, but its overall form and 'blood-runner' groove are still clearly visible. The sword has been treated with a thick transparent lacquer in an effort to preserve/consolidate it. What remains of the blade is 250mm long, while the grip is 110mm long. The pommel has a diameter of 17mm, while the guard is 40mm wide, 30mm high, and 4mm thick. The sword probably dates to the 17th or 18th centuries, though similar short ceremonial swords are still used today.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: To be donated to Wollaston Museum

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 360 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 344 g
Diameter: 17 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th November 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Copper alloy

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Wellingborough (District)
Parish or ward: Grendon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8860
Four figure Latitude: 52.231176
Four figure longitude: -0.712928
1:25K map: SP8860
1:10K map: SP86SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found in allotment, upright, 4'' down.
Current location: To be donated to Wollaston Museum
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Allotment

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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