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Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Sword maker Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann German
ca. 1740
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 376
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hunting Sword with Scabbard
  • Sword maker: Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717–1787 Passau)
  • Date: ca. 1740
  • Geography: possibly Munich
  • Culture: German, possibly Munich
  • Medium: Steel, silver, ivory, wood, leather
  • Dimensions: L. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm); L. of blade 23 1/4 in. (59 cm); W. of blade 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); D. of blade 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 2 oz. (510.29 g); Wt. of scabbard 1 lb. 6 oz. (624 g)
  • Classification: Swords-Hunting
  • 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
  • Object Number: 26.145.243a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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