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Lot 51*

A Balkan Yataghan With Nielloed Silver Mounts
Dated 1229 A.H. Corresponding To 1813 A.D.

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Balkan Yataghan With Nielloed Silver Mounts
Dated 1229 A.H. Corresponding To 1813 A.D.

With slightly recurved single-edged blade (some light pitting) cut with a narrow fuller along the back on each side, the forte on one side gold-damascened with the date, a panel surmounted by a crescent and inscribed 'Made by Mustafa', and a tughra enclosing 'Owned by Mustafa', all in thuluth, and on the other with a decorative foliate panel, a shaped gilt-copper filigree mount over the forte, silver grip with 'eared' pommel nielloed overall with a design of flower-heads and foliage against a finely punched ground, in original silver scabbard (old fracture on each side at the middle) with shaped locket decorated en suite with the hilt and inhabited by birds and monsters, plain suspension loop, and nielloed monster-head terminal
55 cm. blade

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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.

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