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Fencing Foil Epee Sword & Mask c.1890-1900

Name: Fencing Foil Epee Sword & Mask C.1890-1900
SKU: as155a1686
Price: 220.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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The late 19thC fencing foil sword having a tapering steel blade and cord bound grip, the blade stamped ‘Gunner London’ to one side and 'Krumun a Colalay. (?) to the reverse, with a further number '5' stamp to each side, the wirework mask with leather padded surround and chin guard, surviving from the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Both the mask and sword are in as found condition and prove very atmospheric, with some slight bend to the blade at its point and rust and wear to each.

As fencing progressed in the period this set was made, the combat aspect slowly faded until only the rules of the sport remained. While the fencing taught in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was intended to serve both for competition and the duel (while understanding the differences between the two situations), the type of fencing taught in a modern sport fencing salle is intended only to train the student to compete in the most effective manner within the rules of the sport. The first regularized fencing competition was held at the inaugural Grand Military Tournament and Assault at Arms in 1880, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, in Islington in June. The Tournament featured a series of competitions between army officers and soldiers. Each bout was fought for five hits and the foils were pointed with black to aid the judges. In the United States, the Amateur Fencers League of America drew up a rulebook for fencing in 1891, in Britain the Amateur Gymnastic & Fencing Association drew up an official set of fencing regulations in 1896 about when this set was made.

Makes for a moody work of art, we think.

Price

£~~220.00~~

$~~291.65~~ USA

€~~256.21~~

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Category Antique Arms and Militaria Date c.1890 Late Victorian Antiques Material Steel Origin English Item code as155a1686 / 1736 Status Sold

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