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Lot 163*

A Turkish Dagger, And An Indian Dagger
19th Century And Earlier

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Turkish Dagger, And An Indian Dagger
19th Century And Earlier

The first with waisted slightly curved tapering blade with slender medial ridge between lines over most of its length on each side, the forte with a panel of gold-damascened Arabic calligraphy on each side, hilt with pinched-in basal mount en suite with the forte on each side beneath gold-damascened foliage, brown hardstone grip of two circular sections inlaid with gold foliage, and globular pommel en suite surmounted by a copper cap set with an imitation turquoise and rubies (one missing), in its wooden scabbard covered in Persian textile woven with designs of foliage in coloured threads; the second with tapering double-edged blade (some pitting overall) with medial ridge over most of its length on each side, and X-shaped brass hilt of spiral twist form with animal-head finials on either side of the quillon-block and pommel (2)
29.2 cm. and 25 cm. blades

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