Lot 175Ф,Y
An Indo-Persian Silver-Mounted SwordEarly 19th Century
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,657.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Indo-Persian Silver-Mounted Sword
Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century
With earlier broad curved blade double-edged towards the point and with shallow fuller over most of its length on each side followed by a narrow fuller along the back, hilt comprising quillon-block with pointed langets and quillons each with button terminal, cast and chased on each side with cartouches enclosing the basmalah and Qur'an chapter XLVIII (al-fath), verse 1 in thulth, all within borders of ropework, silver grip-strap chased with running flower-heads and foliage and secured at the base by twisted silver wire binding, ivory grips, and cone-shaped pommel, in original wooden scabbard covered in leather (some losses and repairs) over swirls of cord and with silver chape embossed and chased with a repeated design of flower-heads and foliage, and suspension mounts each with a cartouche on both sides enclosing invocations to God in thulth
78 cm. blade
78 cm. blade