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Lot 131

A Fine Spanish Dagger In Hispano-Moresque Style
By Gonzalez, Toledo, Late 19th Century

30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine Spanish Dagger In Hispano-Moresque Style
By Gonzalez, Toledo, Late 19th Century

With bright tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section etched and gilt over most of its length on each side with symmetrical arabesques and strapwork against a blued ground, the forte en suite and inscribed 'Fca De Toledo' on one side, steel hilt profusely decorated overall in gold with strapwork enclosing florets and arabesques, the grip with a medial band enclosing calligraphy, quillons chiselled as elephant's heads picked-out in gold and silver, tapering grip of circular section, and plummet-shaped pommel, in original steel scabbard en suite with the hilt, and in fine condition
18.5 cm. blade

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Probably inspired by the Sword Of Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada. The decoration is in the manner of the famous Zuloaga family

Cf. a similar (unsigned) dagger in the Khalili Collection (inv.no. ZUL 73) exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas: Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection, 1997, exhibition cat. no. 79, p. 183

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