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Lot 147Y
A German Hunting HangerMid-18th Century
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30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £437.50 inc. premium
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A German Hunting Hanger
Mid-18th Century
Mid-18th Century
Similar to the last, the ricasso loosely etched with a hunting scene on each side, hilt with shell-guard cast and chased with Hercules and the Lernean Hydra within a border of foliage interrupted by masks, monster-head rear quillon, knuckle-guard with a term and foliage at the centre, pommel-cap with a horseman and a landscape on one side and a hound pursuing a boar on the foliate cap, and grip of tapering octagonal section veneered in tortoiseshell (two minor losses) centred on a panel of mother-of-pearl on the outside (some wear and rust patination overall)
60.5 cm. blade
60.5 cm. blade
Saleroom notices
This lot contains or is made of ivory and in February 2014 the United States Government announced the intention to ban the import of any ivory into the USA.








