A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD with straight double-edged blade etched with panels of interlaced strapwork, slightly recurved brass quillons engraved with rococo ornament, and wire-bound spirally-grooved wooden grip incorporating pommel-cap carved with flutes; and another, the blade (pitted) etched '1219' on each face, brass quillons formed as recurved rococo scrolls, twisted copper wire-bound wooden grip (brass ferrule incomplete), and engraved brass pommel-cap, both mid-18th Century

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A GERMAN HUNTING SWORD with straight double-edged blade etched with panels of interlaced strapwork, slightly recurved brass quillons engraved with rococo ornament, and wire-bound spirally-grooved wooden grip incorporating pommel-cap carved with flutes; and another, the blade (pitted) etched '1219' on each face, brass quillons formed as recurved rococo scrolls, twisted copper wire-bound wooden grip (brass ferrule incomplete), and engraved brass pommel-cap, both mid-18th Century
22in. and 23in. blades [E.48, 53] (2)

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