Estimate
€ 500 - 800
Sold
€ 1.625
The price includes buyer's premium
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Curved and flat on both faces, made of pressed cow horn. Silver mounts. Fuse shaped as a truncated cone with basal ring nut decorated with relieved vine-shoots and with a lobed frame; stopper with elaborate grip and held by a chain to the fuse. The front side of the body with a fine trophy featuring a crowned eagle within a relieved, hunting horn on oak branches. The hilt at the base decorated with relieved leaves, with lobed frame, marked "13" (?), "F. GHEDINA" and date "1847''. With the inscription "Zu ehren des geburtsfestes Seine Majestät des kaisers gemeiner Giovanni Uber" at the bottom (In honour of the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor, the Private Giovanni Uber). Two rings with suspension chain.