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Lot 250*
A silver-mounted Russian Cossack kindjal, together with belt and sixteen dress cartridges
7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £5,000
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Find your local specialistA silver-mounted Russian Cossack kindjal, together with belt and sixteen dress cartridges
the straight steel blade with single asymmetrical groove, with maker's marks, horn hilt encased in silver repoussé, fully-covered silver scabbard with repoussé and niello decoration, with matching silver belt and sixteen cartridges (gazyri)
length: 50cm (19 3/4in). (18)
length: 50cm (19 3/4in). (18)
Footnotes
A similar kindjal is illustrated in Oruzhie Narodov Kavkaza, St. Petersburg, 2004, illustration no. 205.

