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Fig. 1560

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Fig. 1560

Fig. 1561

Fig. 1563

Fig. 1562

Fig. 1564

Fig. 1565

Fig. 1560. (a) Forgery of a main gauche dagger. Unlike any weapon which ever existed. (b) Cup-hilted rapier. English forgery, about 1870, in style unlike anything which ever existed

Fig. 1561. Sword hilt. Italian forgery of 1870, in the style of the early XVth century. In a private collection, New York

Fig. 1562. Two genuine hilts with modern decoration. Now in a private collection

Fig. 1563. Chased and gilt hilt. A Milanese forgery of about 1865-70. In a private collection, New York

Fig. 1564. A CINQUEDEA. Made at the end of the XIXth century by San-Quirine in Venice

Fig. 1565. A voulge of the mid-XVIth century. Munich forgery of 1880