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Hanger (Hunting Sword)

Hanger (Hunting Sword)

late 1600s
(German, active late 1600s)
Overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); Blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Did You Know?

The swordsmith's mark, a crowned stag visible on the blade below the hilt, is unidentified.

Description

Damascening, the technique of hammering gold and silver wires into grooves cut to receive them, enlivens this sword's hilt. Further texture was added with wires to improve the user's grip, which allowed him to hunt with more control and accuracy. Hunting was a popular sport among the wealthy and many nobles owned tracts of forest, but peasants were prohibited from hunting on these lands.
  • Charles Alexander, Baron de Cosson (1843-1929), England
    ?-1890
    Raoul Richards, Rome, Italy
    before 1897
    S.J. Whawell, Esq.
    ?-1916
    Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Manchester City Art Gallery. Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor. [Manchester]: [Corporation of Manchester art gallery], 1897. p. 74, no. 273 archive.org
    Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (98) 101 archive.org
    Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Bashford Dean. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor. New York, February the sixth to April the sixteenth, MCMXI.: [Gilliss Press], 1911. p. 52, no. 120, pl. XXXVIII libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
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    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 38 archive.org
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  • Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence. Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (organizer) (January 29-April 24, 2022) https://georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/wealth-and-beauty-pier-francesco-foschi-and-painting-in-renaissance-florence/.
    Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor, Manchester City Art Gallery, England (Closed August 2, 1897).
    Arms and Armor, Museum Fine Arts Boston, MA (Summer 1899)
    Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 6-April 16, 1911).
  • {{cite web|title=Hanger (Hunting Sword)|url=false|author=Jaspar Bongen the Younger|year=late 1600s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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