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Hunting Sword
The collection record classifies this work as arms and armor. It is dated c. 1760–70. Recorded culture or place: Netherlands.
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- Museum title
- Hunting Sword
- Date
- c. 1760–70
- Culture / origin
- Netherlands
- Materials and technique
- steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved
- Dimensions
- Overall: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.); Blade: 52.9 cm (20 13/16 in.); Quillions: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Grip: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1686
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
No gentleman's hunting costume was complete without a hunting sword. These special sidearms, designed primarily as defense against dangerous game in the field, were also used to dispatch game at the end of a chase. It was a point of honor among aristocratic hunters to carve and section the game in the field, a further function for which these swords were well suited. They were often made as a set, or garniture, and included smaller knives, forks, and other implements for carving the carcass.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance · CC0
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