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Lot 86

Two Arabian Jambiyas, and A North African Jambiya
Late 19th Century And Later

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Arabian Jambiyas, and A North African Jambiya
Late 19th Century And Later

The first with bright curved double-edged blade with medial ridge along each side, white-metal hilt of waisted form decorated with applied twisted line and notched borders, the pommel surmounted by a pyramidal finial between two spherical buttons, in original wood-lined white-metal scabbard decorated on the outside en suite with the hilt, two rings for suspension on each side, and large pierced bud-shaped finial; the second with curved fullered double-edged blade, and waisted wooden hilt with embossed white-metal mount set with six spherical buttons, in original wood-lined scabbard with white-metal and brass mounts, the outside with embossed and engraved line decoration (leather suspension strap incomplete); the last with white-metal hilt and scabbard, the outer sides engraved with North African scenes each against a nielloed ground and framed by engraved foliage (3)
The first 16 cm. blade

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