Hilt of Two-handed Sword with the Bear and Ragged Staff on the Pommel and Quillons in chased steel.
Penshurst, with the pommel and quillons carved and chased out of the solid steel into the bears and ragged staff of the Leicesters, is undoubtedly the most beautiful in the country.
The quillons are slightly curved, and carved with pomegranates and foliage, with figures reclining horizontally to form the extremities.
The quillons are engraved with flowers, and the blade is signed Heinrich Coell, Solingen.
The sword, on the left hip, is in a velvet scabbard with a beautifully and simply worked steel hilt and cross quillonsslightly curved towards the blade.
The weapon has apparently a 36-inch blade, the quillons are straight, swelling slightly at the ends and drooping in the centre; the grip is swelling and wire bound and has a wheel pommel.
The grip of the sword swells considerably and the quillons are short.
The sword is long and broad, the hilt having short, straight quillons and a cylindrical grip, terminating in a circular pommel.
The earliest of those found in England have no quillonsor cross-pieces, but merely pommel, grip, and blade.
It has a flat, crown-shaped pommel, with five small lobes and short, straight quillons rounded at the ends, the grip being missing.
The swords of both figures show straight quillons not drooping to the blade as formerly.
Cambridgeshire, and shows the quillons in an incipient form, while the addition of a knob to the pommel relieves the monotony seen in No.
The grip is of the usual character and the pommel is small; the quillons droop slightly towards the blade and terminate in two spirals, small engaging-guards being furnished on both sides.
The sword is long and straight, with short quillons drooping towards the blade; the grip is slightly swelling, and the circular pommel is enriched with a design.
The quillons were straight at the time of the Conquest, but became bent in a small degree towards the close of the period; the grip was without swell, and a spherical knob formed the pommel.
The guard is of gilded iron, the quillons flat and drooping, and with two branches to the ricasso.
The quillons and guards resemble the coils of a serpent, and are elaborately chased and incrusted with silver.
The hilt of the first is of iron, similarly inlaid, with the quillons and pommel terminating in graceful volutes; a beautifully chased shell protects the hand.
The guard, of massive silver-gilt, has quillons drooping and curving inward, and bears the arms of Castile on one side and those of Leon on the other.
The quillons curve upwards towards the point and the pommel is frequently decorated with the badge or arms of the owner.
From these my gaze wandered to where, against the panelling, hung a goodly rapier complete with girdle and slings, its silver hilt, its guards and curling quillons bright in the moonbeams.
It is true that by this time the quillons were becoming curved towards the blade, probably so that a slash would be arrested before it reached the knuckle of the soldier who received the blow.
So heavy were specimens made that they needed two hands to wield them, and as this prevented a shield being supported, the quillons were so shaped as to give extra protection.
It generally had a wheel pommel and a swelling grip, with quillons either straight or drooping slightly towards the blade.
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