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Lot 106Y
A German Hunting HangerMid-18th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £312.50 inc. premium
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Mid-18th Century
Mid-18th Century
With curved blade (some scattered pitting) double-edged towards the point and cut with a fuller along the back on each side, the forte on both sides etched with a trophy of arms between foliage (worn off on one side), cast and chased brass hilt comprising down bent shell-guard decorated with deer within a border of scrollwork surmounted by a bearded human mask, rear quillon (bent) with monster-head terminal, a prone sportsman and his hound on one side of the quillon-block, a boar on the other, knuckle-guard with a term and foliage, pommel-cap with hounds and two 'Greenman's' masks within foliage and surmounted by a button, and rounded turtle shell grips (one cracked)
66.5 cm. blade
66.5 cm. blade








