A DANISH HUNTING SWORD with single-edged blade etched at the base on one face with the crowned monogram of King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699-1730), and on the other with the arms of the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp, gilt-brass hilt (worn, damaged and incomplete) with downturned shell decorated with applied silver foliage set with green-stained horn pellets (some missing), pommel-cap en suite, and wooden grip covered in tortoiseshell (damaged); another, with curved blade (pitted) etched on each face at the forte with turbanned Turks' heads, brass hilt with engraved quillons terminating in bustard-heads, later pommel-cap, and ribbed ivory grip stained with brown 'seaweed' designs, in brass-mounted leather-covered scabbard; another, the blade etched with strapwork and game, gilt-brass hilt (rubbed) with quillon formed as a deer's hoof, and downturned shell, the pommel in the form of a deer's hoof, cast and chased throughout with rocailles; and another, the blade etched on each face of the forte with a running wolf and 1414, short silver quillons, spirally ribbed wooden handle (binding missing), and fluted pommel-cap, all 18th Century The first 21in. blade (4)