Seventeenth-Century Pro Patria Cup-Hilt Sword: A Historical Value

PUGNO PRO PATRIA Cup Hilt Sword. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (swordsmith)

Reference	2-1680-B
Name	Cup Hilt Sword
Inscription	PUGNO PRO PATRIA (I fight for the Fatherland)
Period	17th Century
Guard	Made of iron, featuring a hemispherical cup of shallow depth with simple engravings, completed with a small fluted edge. Wide pommel in a dish or spinning top shape, with a turned knob on top. Straight crossguards ending in buttons and two turned quillons that curve towards the inside of the cup and are secured to the bowl with rivets. Handguard or ring with a decorative quillon ending in a snail shape, resting on a crossguard and also ending with a button matching the grip. Simple, smooth wooden grip without covering or wire.
Blade	Straight, with a lenticular section, featuring light grooves in the first quarter. Edge on both sides.
Total Length	1065 mm
Blade Length	885 mm
Blade Width	038 mm
Description	This sword may not be Spanish and could belong to our neighbor Portugal, although many of the swords they used were made in Spain.
Photography	Photographs by Lluc Sala