˜A GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, 19TH CENTURY

˜A GERMAN IVORY-MOUNTED HUNTING SWORD, 19TH CENTURY with broad straight double-edged blade with later engraved decoration including foliage, boar, stags and a hound, brass hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising vertically recurved quillons with demon mask terminals, down-turned shell-guard with a central issuant mask, and ivory grip carved with stylised mythological figures and a coat-of-arms 73.0 cm; 28 3/4 in blade