4th Dec, 2019 12:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 112
 

112

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR)

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), MID-19TH CENTURY with tapering blade of watered steel, formed with a reinforced point, a recessed panel divided by a medial ridge issuant from an elephant head profile and with two diagonal panels on each face, chiselled iron hilt formed of a pair of side bars, a pair of faceted grip bars, the latter joined by an openwork panel of flowers and foliage, and later gold finish, in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard 23.0 cm; 9 in blade

Sold for £900


 
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), MID-19TH CENTURY with tapering blade of watered steel, formed with a reinforced point, a recessed panel divided by a medial ridge issuant from an elephant head profile and with two diagonal panels on each face, chiselled iron hilt formed of a pair of side bars, a pair of faceted grip bars, the latter joined by an openwork panel of flowers and foliage, and later gold finish, in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard 23.0 cm; 9 in blade