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Lot 49
A Modern Arabian Gold-Mounted Shamshir
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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With earlier lightly fullered blade (worn, some pitting) double-edged towards the point, hilt comprising quillon-block embossed and chased with foliage and with bud-shaped quillon terminals, cone-shaped pommel en suite, embossed grip-strap, and bone grips each with three florets and retained by gold wire binding at the base, in original wooden scabbard covered in leather tooled with whorls over cords and secured by gold threads along the inside, the locket, chape and suspension mounts en suite with the quillon-block, and with two gold rings for suspension
75.5 cm. blade
75.5 cm. blade








