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Lot 33

Two Arabian Jambiyas
The First Late 19th Century

17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Arabian Jambiyas
The First Late 19th Century

The first with curved double-edged blade (one edge slightly reduced) with medial ridge on each side, and rounded waisted hilt entirely covered in silver mounted in filigree, in original leather-covered wooden scabbard embroidered in silver threads on the outside and with silver locket and chape faced in filigree en suite with the hilt, leather suspension mount with five silver rings secured by twisted silver wire, and original leather belt embroidered with silver threads and retaining its silver buckle; the second with bright blade of similar form, the waisted silver hilt and scabbard set with silver filigree and pellets within borders of diamond-shaped panels, the former with cone-shaped terminals of twisted wire, the latter with large characteristic terminal (2)
19 cm. and 17.5 cm. blades

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