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Lot 177Y

An Ottoman coral-set walrus ivory-hilted steel Dagger
probably Trabzon, 19th Century
(2)

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

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An Ottoman coral-set walrus ivory-hilted steel Dagger
probably Trabzon, 19th Century

the double-edged tapering steel blade chiselled and decorated in gold damascene at the forte with a cartouche containing two confronting palmette motifs on a ground of stylised floral motifs, the cartouche terminating in three suspended palmettes, the hilt with waisted grip and curved pommel, the edges of the hilt with band of silver-gilt filigree work set with circular corals, the grips with two repoussé silver flowerheads to each side, the centres set with coral, the wood scabbard clad in silver decorated in repoussé with rococo style designs, set to one side with coral elements of almond and circular form
46 cm. long.(2)

Footnotes

Provenance: Steen Stromberg Collection, Copenhagen.

For another dagger with similar hilt, see Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour. A Lifetime's Passion, 2013, p. 93, no. 216.

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