Property from an Important Private Collection A GERMAN DECORATED AXE, DATED 1843 with iron head, one face deeply engraved with traditional designs including the pious inscriptions 'INRI' and 'IHS', the date, the maker's stamp, in a heart the letters 'FZ', the owner's name 'Matthias Wöhre', an arrangement of flowers and foliage divided by a serpent above the inscription, perhaps 'Werz ich derachtet will alhirauf disetet den so den dich nur in der stillen mit soit schon desstt werdet', the other face plain, flat rear pean, short tubular socket, and short wooden haft 56.0 cm; 22 in overall