Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Joseph Deutschmann

ca. 1740 · Steel, silver, ivory, wood, leather · Arms and Armor

Very similar sword grips of ivory, carved with fanciful Rococo ornament of shells and waves, are recorded in the armory of the prince-elector of Bavaria in Munich in the 1740s. The lion at the top of the grip holds a crescent moon beneath its paw, probably alluding to recent European victories over the Ottoman Turks in Eastern Europe.

Artist

Joseph Deutschmann

Date

ca. 1740

Medium

Steel, silver, ivory, wood, leather

Culture

German, possibly Munich

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926