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A Balkan Silver-Mounted Yataghan19th Century
25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,125 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With slightly recurved single-edged blade with thin medial line along the back flanked by a narrow fuller, one side towards the forte gold-damascened with a shaped panel of foliage, and on the other with a panel containing pseudo inscriptions, a shaped mount over the forte chased with flowering foliage against a punched ground, hilt cast and chased in relief with ribboned foliage suspended from a martial trophy beneath the 'eared' pommel on both sides, the upper most sides each with a bird and foliage, in original scabbard cast and chased along both sides with foliage and trophies within ovals, all against punched grounds, locket pierced and chased with three bands of foliage, foliate loop for suspension, and chased foliate terminal
55.3 cm. blade
55.3 cm. blade








