A RARE GERMAN HUNTING SWORD WITH TORTOISESHELL VENEERED GRIP, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched and gilt with elaborate trophies-of-arms and scrollwork over the forte on each face, iron hilt chiselled with faceted mouldings (quillon and shell-guard missing), and faceted grip partly veneered in tortoiseshell (extensive losses) 77.5 cm; 30 1/2 in blade A series of hunting swords with tortoiseshell grips are preserved in the Stibbert Museum, Florence. A similar example to the present sword was sold in these rooms 7 December 2006, lot 183.
A RARE GERMAN HUNTING SWORD WITH TORTOISESHELL VENEERED GRIP, LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched and gilt with elaborate trophies-of-arms and scrollwork over the forte on each face, iron hilt chiselled with faceted mouldings (quillon and shell-guard missing), and faceted grip partly veneered in tortoiseshell (extensive losses) 77.5 cm; 30 1/2 in blade A series of hunting swords with tortoiseshell grips are preserved in the Stibbert Museum, Florence. A similar example to the present sword was sold in these rooms 7 December 2006, lot 183.
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