24th Jun, 2009 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 34
 

34

AN INDIAN DAGGER

AN INDIAN DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade formed with a reinforced tip (one very small chip and lamination) and cut with a pair of long fullers on each side, decorated at the forte with a narrow panel of gold koftgari along the edges, shaped steel hilt formed with a bird's head pommel, decorated over its full surface with numerous expanded flowerheads within a trellis pattern of leaves, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard (worn) 35.5cm; 14in

Sold for £800


 
AN INDIAN DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade formed with a reinforced tip (one very small chip and lamination) and cut with a pair of long fullers on each side, decorated at the forte with a narrow panel of gold koftgari along the edges, shaped steel hilt formed with a bird's head pommel, decorated over its full surface with numerous expanded flowerheads within a trellis pattern of leaves, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard (worn) 35.5cm; 14in