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A Group Of Edged Weapons And Other Items 18th/19th Century And Later
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £400 inc. premium
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A Group Of Edged Weapons And Other Items
18th/19th Century And Later
18th/19th Century And Later
Comprising an Indian khanda with broad double-edged blade widening at the point, characteristic steel hilt with chiselled borders and fluted stalk-like finial, and leather-covered grip; two North Indian khyber knives, each of characteristic form (horn grips damaged); an Indian choora (bone grips chipped and incomplete), in its tooled leather-covered scabbard; two Nepalese by-knives in an iron scabbard; an Indian matchlock gun with fluted barrel, pierced trigger, and brass-mounted full stock with 'fish-tail' butt; a Turkish military sword, the guard pierced with a star and crescent, and chequered horn grips; an English 1796 pattern sword (blade reduced), the hilt retaining traces of original gilding; an all-steel scabbard; a U.S. MK-2 machete, the blade dated 1944; an African spear with carved wooden haft (split); and three walking sticks, the first with horn handle and silver ferrule engraved with owner's initials and dated 1916, the second African (possible Ghanaian) and carved overall in bas relief with naked human figures, animals including an elephant and lion, fish, birds, insects, various implements and the date '11.9.28', the last with leather-covered beak-shaped handle (16)
The first 77.5 cm. blade
The first 77.5 cm. blade








