id:			97052
accession number:	1916.706
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.706
updated:		2025-02-08 22:29:24.373000

Cup-Hilted Rapier, c.1610–30. Italy, Milan?, 17th century. Steel, pierced, chased and chiseled; wire ferrules on leather-covered wood grip; overall: 123.2 cm (48 1/2 in.); blade: 100.9 cm (39 3/4 in.); quillions: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.); grip: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.706

title:				Cup-Hilted Rapier
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series:				
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creation date:			c.1610–30
creation date earliest:		1605
creation date latest:		1635
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Milan?, 17th century
technique:	steel, pierced, chased and chiseled; wire ferrules on leather-covered wood grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 123.2 cm (48 1/2 in.); Blade: 100.9 cm (39 3/4 in.); Quillions: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.); Grip: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)
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	description:	pierced and chased cup
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed on blade: FPNDRITH (on one face) RDFTPHNI (on the other)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ralph Bernal (1784-1854), London, England
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	(Sale: Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Works of art, from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize. Mar 5-Apr 30, 1855.)
	date: 1855
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	George Francis William Henry Denison, Earl of Londesborough (1892-1920)
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	Edwin J. Brett (1828-1895), London, England
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	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, London. <em>Works of art, from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize.</em> Mar 5-Apr 30, 1855.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 213, lot 2453
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Byzantine/page/n261

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> Vol. 2, <em>16th century. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (90) 92
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n381

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 117-118, E72; Reproduced: Plate XXXI, E72
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n179

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 113, 169; cat. no. 137
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	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 180, p. 191
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IMAGES

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