Detail View: The AMICA Library: Rapier

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1916.697
AMICA Library Year: 
1998
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Horn, Clemens
Creator Nationality: 
European; Northern European; German
Creator Role: 
artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1525 - 1603
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Clemens Horn
Title: 
Rapier
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1620-1630
Creation Start Date: 
1620
Creation End Date: 
1630
Materials and Techniques: 
steel, blued and gilded
Classification Term: 
Armor
Classification Term: 
Arms
Classification Term: 
Arms
Dimensions: 
Overall: , Blade: , Quillions: 21.3cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1916.697
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Inscriptions: 
NEC TEMPARE NEC TIMIDE / INTER ARMA SILENT LEGE / VERITATEM DILIGE ET PUGNA PRO PATRIA
Rights: 
Context: 
This edged weapon of highest quality is notable for the especially handsome configuration of hilt, pommel, quillions, and guard. It is a superb example of the so-called "Pappenheim" style of rapier hilt popularized during the Thirty Years War (1616-1648). The blade is also very finely wrought and bears the mark (a unicorn head) of the German swordsmith, Clemens Horn, of Solingen, a town near Düsseldorf known for this craft.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1916.697.tif