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Lot 174

A Toledo ware Nasrid style gold-damascened steel dagger
Spain, 19th Century

25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,375 inc. premium

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A Toledo ware Nasrid style gold-damascened steel dagger
Spain, 19th Century

the double-edged steel blade engraved and decorated in gold inlay with arabesques and geometric designs, inscribed at the forte 'FABRICA DE TOLEDO', the steel scabbard and hilt profusely decorated in gold and silver inlay with geometric cartouches filled with floral and foliate motifs and inscription-filled cartouches
41.5 cm. long

Footnotes

Inscriptions: the Nasrid motto, wa la ghalib illa allah, 'And there is no conqueror except God'.

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