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A Rare Russian 1881 Pattern Cossack Shashka For A BoyReign Of Tsar Alexander III (1855-1894), Circa 1890
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £10,200 inc. premium
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Reign Of Tsar Alexander III (1855-1894), Circa 1890
Reign Of Tsar Alexander III (1855-1894), Circa 1890
With highly polished slightly curved fullered blade (some pitting) double-edged at the point, the forte on each side etched with a panel of symmetrical scrolling foliage against a gilt ground framing an Imperial eagle between the inscription 'Zlatoust Arms Factory' in Russian on one side, and framing a panoply of Russian arms on the other, brass-mounted regulation hilt with beaked pommel pierced for a sword-knot (missing), and diagonally ribbed wooden grip, in original wood-lined dark brown leather scabbard with brass mounts and ring for suspension
54 cm. blade
54 cm. blade
Footnotes
See A.N. Kulinsky, Russian Edged Weapons, Polearms & Bayonets 18-20th C., Volume I, 2001, pp. 157-8, no. 59








