Eight early hunting knives 16th century and later, comprising an Argentinian style gaucho knife (marked 'Franz Wenk / solingen' to blade) with an elaborate gilt bronze handle, a horn-handled hunting knife with hunting scene inlaid to handle, two German bone handled knives with bird motifs, a bone and mother of pearl inlaid knife, and three treen handled knives, the German knives 28 cm long. Provenance: The John Hurlston Collection.