Keywords: German - Rapier - Walters 51508.jpg An elegant rapier like this would be worn by noblemen serving as bodyguards or in the retinue of the Saxon electors between 1580 1600 Baroque steel braided cord cm 115 89 l accession number 51 508 20792 Baron de Cosson 1846-1929 London 1890 no 116 Clements date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Griffith Keasbey New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale American Art Association New York November 29 1924 no 242 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Saxony Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Weapons in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Swords of the 16th century Swept-Hilt Rapiers Half hilt swords |