Hunting Sword
dated 1654 (made)
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A charging boar could inflict serious damage to a hunter, so hunting swords had broad, robust blades to prevent them from snapping on impact and exposing the hunter to sharp tusks. This blade is etched with scenes showing boar and wolf hunts while the grip is sheathed in horn. The silver encrustation depicts two charging boar.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | iron, encrusted with silver with a staghorn grip |
| Brief description | Hunting sword and sheath, with a blackened iron hilt, Germany, dated 1654 |
| Physical description | Blackened iron hilt, encrusted with silver, with S-shaped quillons, a shell and loop guard, and staghorn grip. The blade is etched with hunting scenes with German and Latin script. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | etched with hunting scenes with German and Latin script (The blade) |
| Object history | A charging boar could inflict serious damage to a hunter, so hunting swords had broad, robust blades to prevent them from snapping on impact and exposing the hunter to sharp tusks. This blade is etched with scenes showing boar and wolf hunts while the grip is sheathed in horn. The silver encrustation depicts two charging boar. |
| Summary | A charging boar could inflict serious damage to a hunter, so hunting swords had broad, robust blades to prevent them from snapping on impact and exposing the hunter to sharp tusks. This blade is etched with scenes showing boar and wolf hunts while the grip is sheathed in horn. The silver encrustation depicts two charging boar. |
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| Accession number | M.35-1954 |
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| Record created | March 29, 2004 |
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