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An Indian Circular Dhal Of Wootz Steel
18th Century

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

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An Indian Circular Dhal Of Wootz Steel
18th Century

Of shallow convex circular form, with four steel bosses each pierced with four pairs of arabesques between cusped borders, all retaining traces of gold-damascened decoration and within borders of gold-damascened flower-heads and chiselled trefoils, the latter linked on four sides by pairs of chiselled running arabesques to the reduced outer border of trefoils en suite, the rim reinforced with a riveted iron band gold-damascened with running arabesques, the inner side retaining its padded red velvet liner (plush mostly worn off) and bracer
41 cm. diam.

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For a similar shield formerly in the Robert Elgood Collection, dated 1120 A.H. corresponding to 1708 A.D., and exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Robert Skelton et al., The Indian Heritage, Court Life & Arts Under Mughal Rule, exhibition catalogue, Victoria & Albert Museum, 21 April - 28 August 1982, no. 459 (illustrated)

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A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
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A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
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