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Lot 5049Y

A group of five silver-mounted Middle Eastern daggers
19th century

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$2,925 inc. premium

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A group of five silver-mounted Middle Eastern daggers
19th century

Comprising: 1) A small yataghan, Balkans or Greece; 7 1/2 inch single edged blade struck on one side with a maker's mark; silver grip and bolster molded with scrolls and blossoms; silver scabbard decorated en suite to hilt, the throat or iron. 2) Persian jambiya; curved 10 1/2 inch blade with median ridge, etched faux-Damascus pattern and with gold koftgari decoration above the one-piece marine ivory grip; scabbard sheathed in silver chased with bands and scrolls and at the throat and tip as bound with silver wire. 3) A fine Moroccan koumiyya; curved 8 3/8 inch bladee of familiar form; rhino horn grip, the silver bolster, guard and pommel molded with scrollwork; solid silver scabbard finely cast and chased with scrollwork and fitted with two suspension rings. 4) Another, with sharply curved 9 inch single edged blade, the cutting edge on the interior side; silver bolster, pommel and scabbard all molded with scrollwork, the pommel and scabbard with Moroccan assay marks. 5) A bone-hilted dagger with slightly curved 7 1/2 blade, steel bolster; the bone gripscales secured by five steel rivets, scabbard in tan leather.
Condition: 1) Blade edge showing wear from sharpening. 2) Blade with light staining, grip with hairline crack, scabbard with scattered marks. 3) Blade with light staining, bolster loose, grip with age cracks. 4) Blade with areas of staining/light pitting, grip with age cracks. 5) Blade with light pitting, scabbard with some losses to leather at tip.
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