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HUNTING SWORD Saxon, Late
XVII Century
Type D. Rich hilt of gilded
bronze, carved in the
round and in high relief
with hunting scenes: on
guard boar hunt; on quillons
deer and bear slaying
dogs; on grip hounds,
boar, stag, bear, and
lion.
Blade double-edged; broad
deep median groove; at
base monk's head, mark
and initials of Peter
Munich (Solingen).
Scabbard of tan leather
over wood; button suspension;
fittings of gilded bronze
en suite; on button lion
hunt; ferrule, eagle (?)
and fox; back, hounds
and boar. Chape, hounds
and stag with lion couchant;
back plain with leaf engraving.
L.1759.54  L.
74.5 (60) Wt.
882.5
Note: Until 1910 this object
remained in the possession
of a distinguished Saxon
family as an heirloom
which had been presented
to an ancestor by Augustus
the Strong.
Plate LXXXIX Lent by Bashford
Dean 
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HUNTING SWORD German,
Late XVII Century
Type A. Excepting its
ivory grip (including
pommel) the present hilt
is of broadsword pattern,
of single piece of blued
steel, sparingly chiseled
in low relief. Anneau
represents rudimentary
horizontal shell guard;
quillons short, slanting,
tipped with bulbous ornaments;
knuckle guard ends above
and below in dolphin's
head, its tip passing
nearer the back of the
blade (page 70)
than the quillon. On ricasso,
left, device of Garter,
like that of English order
but with lion and eagle
supporters. Ivory grip
sculptured with spirited
hunting scene. At base
of blade head of Turk
with inscription AMURAT,
and bust with inscription
JEAN HUNJADI. Above this,
armorer's mark of crossed
sceptres.
26.145.240 L.
85 (69) Wt.
701.5
Note: Said to have been
made by French workman
in Berlin for Guard of
Elector of Brandenburg.
Plate XC, Reubell Benefaction
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HUNTING SWORD WITH KNIFE
AND FORK German, Beginning
of XVIII Century
Type B, suggesting No.12,
but more heavily mounted,
with ricasso developed
at the expense of the
grip, the latter of table-knife
pattern with bone plaques
fastened to tang by rosettes.
Ricasso, knuckle guard
and quillon welded together.
All parts, except grip,
of steel encrusted in
silver with pearled border
and in design of animals
and baroque sprays of
flowers in relief. Blade
single-edged, broad, short
back-edge at point; wide
groove on right side;
left ungrooved and ornamented
with etching: left, pedestal
bearing date 1656 and
medallion embossed with
portrait of man in armor;
right, panel of running
game.
Scabbard of plain black
leather reinforced at
tip; spade-shaped hook
for suspension; no ferrule;
chape of plain steel;
in pocket small knife
and fork (doubtfully belonging
to the present sword)
with silver handles chased
en torsade and engraved
with flowers; on knife
blade armorer's mark (Gothic
S); on top of handle of
both knife and fork inscription:
DAGN 1685. Note that these
implements do not have
separate pockets in the
scabbard, but are merely
kept side by side in a
single pocket, evidently
designed as incisors of
stag.
26.145.256 L.
65 (51.5) Wt.
721
Comparisons: One in the
Tsarskoe-Selo with an
almost identical hilt,
but with a different blade
(Rockstuhl, Tsarskoe-Selo,
pl. CLX, fig. 3).
Plate XC Reubell Benefaction
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COUTEAU DE CHASSE Saxon,
First Half of XVIII Century
Hilt consists of shell
guard and grip only (type
D with quillons lacking).
Guard of gilded bronze
deeply chased as florid
cockle shell and which
in rectangular opening
doubtless held a gem.
Grip of ivory carved in
high relief with broad
baroque scrolls; at top
reclines a stag carved
in the round.
Blade etched and gilded
at base with panels; against
hatched background sun,
scrolls, and strapwork,
medallion of deer and
boar.
26.145.242
L. 74.5 (60) Wt.
509
Plate XCI Reubell Benefaction
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71)
9.
COUTEAU DE CHASSE Saxon,
First Half of XVIII Century
Type D. Quillons of gilded
metal chiseled with leaf
motifs in relief. Grip
of ivory suggests No.
29; on baroque capital
a lion holds in front
claws a crescent.
Blade double-edged with
median flattening, and
at forte on each side
groove with inscription:
TOMAS AYALA, and ornament.
Scabbard of black leather;
button as suspension;
gilded brass fittings
en suite with quillons.
26.145.243
L. 75 (59)
Wt. 541.5
Comparisons: A specimen
in the National Museum
at Munich with hilt showing
variations in detail,
but with identical guard;
blade etched'
Plate XCI Reubell Benefaction
(Webmaster's note:
Here is a colour image
of this hunting sword
on the Metropolitan
Museum of Art Web site)
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HUNTING SWORD French,
"Peking" Work, Mid-XVIII
Century
Type C. Hilt bronze (shakudo?),
chiseled in relief en
suite against delicately
stippled gold background.
Large drooping shell guard
of five lobes chiseled
with hunting theme: two
nude figures recline upon
turf; bow and quiver at
the feet of one; nearby
hound and spaniel; in
the distance a deer (?);
in the background building
and hills; figures in
bronze, excepting the
head of one; dogs, deer,
bow and arrows in gold;
hills in bronze finely
damascened in gold to
represent verdure; entire
composition enclosed in
border of leaves alternately
bronze and gold with gold
mascaron above. Inner
face of guard smooth black
bronze with Chinese landscape
in delicate flat damascene
of gold. Grip of metal
rounding out above, with
phoenix, hunter, dog,
and foliage.
Blade with clip point,
German, etched on both
sides: at base rectangle
with strapwork interlace
against hatched background;
above, figure of soldier
with inscription in scroll:
V. PANDUR.
26.145.259
L. 70 (56) Wt.
653
Plate XCII Reubell Benefaction
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