25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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AN INDIAN TULWAR, THE HILT 18TH CENTURY
with associated artificially watered waved double-edged blade, characteristic hilt decorated overall with gold-damascened flowering foliage, comprising tapering pointed langets, waisted quillons with button tips, recurved knuckle-guard with bud-shaped finial, disc-shaped pommel with pierced bud-shaped finial on a domed petalled mount, and swelling faceted grip; together with a Caucasian wooden scabbard covered in black and burgundy leather with silver locket and chape both engraved with nielloed foliage on the outside, the former (incomplete) nielloed 'Strengthened: Temir Khant, Shura' in Russian and dated 1850 on the inside, and silver covered iron suspension mount engraved with nielloed foliage en suite, 37.0 cm blade and 50.0 cm scabbard (2)
The Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug was a district of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire.
Sold for £2,400
with associated artificially watered waved double-edged blade, characteristic hilt decorated overall with gold-damascened flowering foliage, comprising tapering pointed langets, waisted quillons with button tips, recurved knuckle-guard with bud-shaped finial, disc-shaped pommel with pierced bud-shaped finial on a domed petalled mount, and swelling faceted grip; together with a Caucasian wooden scabbard covered in black and burgundy leather with silver locket and chape both engraved with nielloed foliage on the outside, the former (incomplete) nielloed 'Strengthened: Temir Khant, Shura' in Russian and dated 1850 on the inside, and silver covered iron suspension mount engraved with nielloed foliage en suite, 37.0 cm blade and 50.0 cm scabbard (2)
The Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug was a district of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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