Set of hunting implements (Trousse)

Set of hunting implements (Trousse)

Jakob Watzky

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In addition to the heavy-bladed knife for cutting up game after the hunt, this set (trousse in French) includes a knife, a fork, and other implements in compartments in the scabbard. The scabbard mounts, decorated with hunting scenes, bear the initials of Prince-Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony (reigned 1611–56).

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Set of hunting implements (Trousse)Set of hunting implements (Trousse)Set of hunting implements (Trousse)Set of hunting implements (Trousse)Set of hunting implements (Trousse)

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.