Caption:
Heart catcher, heart catcher or hunting sword. The hilt of cast brass is silvered and completely embossed in relief decoration like a Classic warrior on a rising horse, with the helmeted helmeted head of the warrior forming a hilt bud, the fist guard has a bulge in the center on which on one side a female nude is depicted and on the other a bearded male nude, there is a war trophy on the parry block, the hanging baffle plate is adorned with a Classic warrior on a war trophy flanked by curly acanthus leaves. The double-sided blade has an oval cross-section and is provided with a short groove, etched with the name and address of the swordsman, riding a horse, ass, or mule, rider, horseman, the soldier, the soldier's life, Puttelaar (II), Anthony van, Amsterdam, 1735 - 1750, brass (alloy), silver (metal), etching, l 78 cm l 63.5 cm × w 34.5 mm l 64.5 cm