hunting dagger pistol
Europe
18th century
Steel, brass, horn, leather
Long. total: 65.5; Long. blade: 53 cm

Curved blade with grooves, chiseled with scrolling foliage at the heel on both sides.
Shell engraved with a hunting scene depicting a deer and two dogs in the forest.
Mitre decorated with scrolling foliage, extension representing a stag in the woods.
The shell and mitre conceal a forced-bullet pistol.
Swan-neck dog.
Brown horn plaques with brass insets engraved with scrolls and a zoomorphic figure.
Rocket equipped with a dog.
Leonine head pommel.
Guard engraved with scrolls and floral motifs.
Leather sheath.
Engraved with floral and scroll motifs, the reverse features a concealed avian figure.
A decorated bottle cap with foliate motifs.

Ref.: 7440

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