Hunting Sword, ca. 1750, German, Steel, silver, gold, bloodstone, L. 29 in. ( cm), Swords, The bloodstone grip is signed by

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Hunting Sword, ca. 1750, German, Steel, silver, gold, bloodstone, L. 29 in. ( cm), Swords, The bloodstone grip is signed by Johann Georg Klett, who was appointed court stone carver to Friedrich August II (reigned 1733–63), prince-elector of Saxony, in 1755. Klett is also known to have made hard-stone snuffboxes

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