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Hanger (Hunting Sword)
Jaspar Bongen the Younger (German, active late 1600s)late 1600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Hanger (Hunting Sword)
- Creator: Jaspar Bongen the Younger (German, active late 1600s)
- Date Created: late 1600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); Blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Charles Alexander, Baron de Cosson (1843-1929), England, Raoul Richards, Rome, Italy, S.J. Whawell, Esq., Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1629
- Medium: steel; gold and silver damascened hilt
- Inscriptions: "1553" (Presumed to be a commemorative date)
- Fun Fact: The swordsmith's mark, a crowned stag visible on the blade below the hilt, is unidentified.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Hilt: Italy (?); Blade: Germany, Saxony, late 16th-17th Century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Collection: MED - Arms & Armor
- Accession Number: 1916.1629
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