Espadín De Cazoleta: Francisco Ruiz 1619, 18th Century

SWORD WITH CUP HILT BY FRANCISCO RUIZ 1619 18th century. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	2-1780-A
Name	CUP-HILT SWORD
Author	FRANCISCO RUIZ
Year	1619
Period	18th century
Guard	Of cup shape, crafted in silver, with a characteristic design of the “eighteenth” waist swords of French descent. Faceted globular pommel, wooden grip covered with tightly wound metal wires with ferrules and a button. The parabolic cup and the rest of the elements like the handguard ring and the knuckle bow, are simply decorated and functional. The branches have logically evolved towards their disappearance.
Blade	Straight, with edges on both sides and a central fuller in the first third. The rest has three faces.
Inscription	FRANCISCO RUIZ 1619
Overall Length	930 mm
Blade Length	885 mm
Blade Width	17 mm
Description	Blade forged by the Toledo swordsman Francisco Ruiz, known as “the old one”. During the reign of Philip III, Francisco Ruiz forged this blade, which was reused with the hilt of a late 18th-century cup-hilt sword.