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A Bhutanese Dagger
19th Century

Antique Arms and Armour
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Bhutanese Dagger
19th Century

With sharply tapering single-edged pattern-welded blade of stiff triangular section, characteristic hilt comprising waisted gilt-copper grip of octagonal section pierced and chased with scrolling foliage along both sides, silvered pommel-cap deeply pierced and chased with foliage set with small cabochon turquoises flanked by horses, the opposite side pierced with a honeycomb design, in original wood-lined scabbard covered in gilt-copper embossed and chased with foliage against a punched ground on the inner side, the silver-gilt mounts finely cast, deeply pierced and chased with foliate scrollwork, the tapering central panel set with small cabochon turquoises inhabited by a dragon and involving Buddhist symbols, the sides decorated en suite (some turquoises missing)
24.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance:
E.A. Christensen Collection

Literature:
Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Gammelt Jern, E.A. Christensens Våbensamling, 1968, cat no. 305, pp. 244, 245 and 288, fig. 60

Cf. a very similar lot sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 4 April 2007, lot 61 (£1,920 including premium)

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.