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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
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THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.
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A very rare North Indian or Deccani Dagger (Khapwah)
16th/17th century

Antique Arms and Armour
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£2,000 - £3,000

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A very rare North Indian or Deccani Dagger (Khapwah)
16th/17th century

Entirely of steel, with recurved tapering double-edged blade with medial ridge along both sides to the point of diamond section, integral hilt with grip of tapering diamond section cut with a moulding at the base above a curved rear quillon and tapering knuckle-guard, the former with stylised monster-head terminal pierced with a hole, the latter slightly recurved and rising up to a finial (repaired) formed as a tiger, pommel formed as double recurved terminals each of tapering diamond section with stylised monster-head terminal, and surmounted at the centre by a shaped finial (repaired) pierced with a symmetrical design of arabesques (some rust patination overall)
24.5 cm. blade, 39 cm. overall

Footnotes

For an almost identical example in the Furusijya Art Foundation Collection and probably from the same workshop, see Bashir Mohamed, The Arts of the Muslim Knight, 2007, p. 186, cat. no. 174 (illustrated in colour)

See also Robert Elgood, Hindu Arms And Ritual..., 2004, p. 163, fig. 16.2 (illustrated in colour)

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.