Watch List notes:

Early European gentleman's smallsword rapier, 1700s. 370 grams, 34-1/2" overall length, 27-3/4" blade length. A transitional piece--somewhere between the long blade of the earlier rapier and the shorter, lighter blade of a small sword--comprised of a cut-steel hilt, simple, pierced pommel and guard, spiral-wrapped wire-and-copper banding wood grip, and triangular hollow ground blade, all in very good condition. With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $400-600