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18TH CENTURY
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a dutch hunting sword
18th Century
The slightly curved blade double-edged at the point, etched and inlaid with gold (worn) with at each face a palmette above V:PANDUR and a hunter, one face with inscription Jacobus/Coenraads/Zoon, the other face Mr Swaart/veger tot/Amsterdam, the hall-marked white metal hilt cast with the portraits of Roman emperors, with tortoiseshell grip (minor damages)
51cm. blade
18th Century
The slightly curved blade double-edged at the point, etched and inlaid with gold (worn) with at each face a palmette above V:PANDUR and a hunter, one face with inscription Jacobus/Coenraads/Zoon, the other face Mr Swaart/veger tot/Amsterdam, the hall-marked white metal hilt cast with the portraits of Roman emperors, with tortoiseshell grip (minor damages)
51cm. blade