A FINE GERMAN PRINCELY HUNTING-SWORD, MID-19TH CENTURY
with straight blade etched and gilt with scrolls and emblems of the chase on a blued panel over its lower half on both sides, etched with the cutler's signature "G.H. Kohl in Stuttgart" on the back-edge, gilt-brass hilt cast in relief, including shell-guard with the owner's monogram "CFzH" applied in silver, knuckle-guard with the terminals formed as deers' hooves, staghorn grip-scales retained by rivets on rosette washers, and in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-brass locket and chape decorated with bands of leaf ornament, with provision for a by-knife (missing), and the locket stamped "Kohl Stuttgart"
55.2 cm; 21¾ in blade