Hunting Sword
Cleveland Museum of Art

Hunting Sword

c. 1760–70

steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Besides being viewed as a recreation for European nobility and an ancient and hereditary right, hunting was recognized as a necessary and pragmatic skill which supplied an additional source of food and dispatched animals which were considered a menace.

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