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Lot 325
An Arab Shamshir19th Century
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £432 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With curved single-edged blade (some pitting) cut with two fullers along the back for most of its length on each side, white-metal mounted hilt retaining traces of gilding and comprising pointed langets and tapering quillons with bud-shaped terminals, faceted grip with simulated wire binding at the base, and cone-shaped pommel (broken through and repaired) en suite, in its wooden scabbard now covered in metal sheet and retaining its original white-metal locket, chape and suspension mounts (one incomplete) en suite with the hilt, and with two rings for suspension
79.5 cm. blade
79.5 cm. blade




