An English Silver-Mounted Hunting Hanger, Late 17th Century

With slender slightly curved blade double-edged towards the point and deeply struck with a man-in-the-moon mark on each side towards the forte, hilt comprising natural buckhorn cross-guard and grip each mounted with linear engraved silver caps and ferrules, the former each with cusped upper border followed by engraved wrigglework
47.5 cm. blade

Cf. a related example to this and the following two lots sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 106