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Fencing weapons, Private

2017 Conservation and Restoration

Conservation and restoration of two fencing weapons - rapier and saber - used in the service of the Portuguese Navy, from a private collection.

  • saber with steel blade, copper alloy (brass) guard, wooden hilt with decorative copper alloy (brass) filaments and a leather decorative element
  • iron alloy saber scabbard
  • leather and copper alloy belt
  • rapier made of gilded copper alloy, iron alloy, silver alloy 
  • leather rapier scabbard with golden copper alloy
Handle of the rapier, before the intervention.
Handle of the rapier, before the intervention.
Rapier sheathed, before the intervention.
Rapier and scabbard, after the intervention.
Saber and scabbard, after the intervention.
Saber sheathed and belt, after the intervention.
Saber sheathed and belt, after the intervention.
Saber and scabbard, after the intervention.