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Lot 238*
A Cossack shashka with ceremonial handle19th century
7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Find your local specialistA Cossack shashka with ceremonial handle
19th century
slightly curved, with earlier blade inlaid in gold 'Vivat Gussar' decoration, marked Colinge, leather-covered cherry wood handle, leather scabbard, with spare silver nielloed ceremonial handle length of blade: 80cm (31 1/2in).
slightly curved, with earlier blade inlaid in gold 'Vivat Gussar' decoration, marked Colinge, leather-covered cherry wood handle, leather scabbard, with spare silver nielloed ceremonial handle length of blade: 80cm (31 1/2in).
Footnotes
It is thought that this shashka belonged to the officer of the Personal Elite Guard of Empress Catherine the Great. For similar examples see Oruzhie narodov Kavkaza, St. Petersburg, 2004, pp. 55-56.

