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An English Hunting HangerMid-17th Century
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £504 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With curved blade double-edged towards the point and with two narrow fullers over nearly its entire length along the back-edge on each side, the forte incised with running wolf mark on each side between the spurious repeated date '1553', iron hilt punched and engraved with running foliage and, unusually, close-plated with silver, comprising vertically recurved drop-shaped quillons springing from a flat central block with two scroll-shaped projections (incomplete) on one side, cap-shaped pommel with flanged top and flat button, and natural buckhorn grip (minor split) with central and basal moulded iron ferrules (some wear and rust patination overall)
58 cm. blade
58 cm. blade








