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Lot 133*
A French Silver-Mounted Hunting Hanger, And Four Various Edged Weapons18th/19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £212.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA French Silver-Mounted Hunting Hanger, And Four Various Edged Weapons
18th/19th Century
18th/19th Century
The first with broad slightly curved blade double-edged at the point and retaining traces of etched decoration on both sides of the forte, hilt comprising scrolled quillon-block embossed with a rocaille on each side, ebony grip of flattened oval section with beaked pommel, set with an oval on each side chased with a basket of roses above a pair of flutes each set with silver, and silver strap en suite with ring for a knuckle-chain (missing); the second comprising a small cup-hilt rapier, the hilt chiselled and engraved with rocailles and foliage (pitted), and grip bound with fine twisted silver wire, two Prussian brass-hilted side-arms each with curved blade (some pitting), and a South American machete with single-edged blade (light pitting), hilt with steel guard with button terminals, and swelling horn grip with brass button finial, in its leather scabbard tooled over the outside and set with dome-headed brass rivets (5)
The first 48 cm. blade
The first 48 cm. blade
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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.








