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An Indian Mace (Gurz) With Hilt Of Khanda Form, An Indian Kulah Khud, And An AxeAll 19th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £875 inc. premium
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All 19th Century
All 19th Century
The first entirely of steel, with head of eight thin flanges of shaped outline surmounted by a spike of diamond section, on long slender haft of circular section, hilt on tubular basal mount and with remains of silver-damascened decoration, comprising waisted guard bent-up to form a knuckle-guard and joined at the top to the disc-shaped pommel, the latter with short stalk-like finial on a domed mount, and retaining the remains of its velvet-covered liner (surface rust overall); the second with domed steel skull applied with chased brass deities and figures, each in a copper roundel against a ground of chiselled foliage and brass dots, the border en suite and involving two tigers and an elephant, two plume-holders (one incomplete), and adjustable nasal with shaped finials (spike and camail missing); the last with large crescentic blade (surface rust), open socket, and block-shaped peen, on hardwood haft of circular section (3)
The first 82 cm. long
The first 82 cm. long








