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Lot 22*

A Continental Silver-Mounted Hanger
Mid-18th Century, Probably Dutch

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Continental Silver-Mounted Hanger
Mid-18th Century, Probably Dutch

With straight blade (some wear and rust patination) cut with slender fullers and double-edged towards the point, the forte on each side etched with a panel containing an oval between foliage depicting a winged figure in a boat above the inscription 'Si Je La Perd / Je Suis Perdu', a stag beyond on one side, and a hind on the other, hilt comprising quillon-block cast and chased with a trophy of arms on each side, recurved quillons formed as monster-heads, silver button, and green-stained spiral twist dark horn grip (Sinhalese?), the pommel carved in the round as a stylised lion's head with open mouth, the back with an open-mouthed grotesque mask
62 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance:
Gavin Todhunter Collection, Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 16 July 2003, lot 57

For an ivory hilted hanger of similar form see J.P. Puype, The Visser Collection, 1996, Vol. I, Part 3, pp. 610-611, cat. no. 750 (illustrated)

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