A fine hunting hanger etched with the story of Joseph,German,circa 1720 Slender,single-edged blade with fullers on both sides and a double-edged entire surface is richly etched and gilded with scenes from the life of Joseph in twelve pictures with matching text back of the blade is decorated with leaping stags,wild boars,and richly sculpted brass hilt is decorated with hunting grip is covered with tortoise shell,and the obverse side has strips of engraved openwork grip ,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
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