Hunting Sword

Emanuel Pioté|Jacob H. Köchert

ca. 1825 · Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather · Arms and Armor

This richly decorated sword was made for one of the counts Hoyos-Sprinzenstein. His enameled coat of arms surmounts the lion-headed pommel. The scabbard locket is inscribed "Pioté et Köchert," the leading Viennese jewelers of the nineteenth century.

Artist

Emanuel Pioté|Jacob H. Köchert

Date

ca. 1825

Medium

Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather

Culture

Austrian, Vienna

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1948