of steel, the first with domed skull decorated overall with cartouche-shaped panels of chased encrusted silver flowering foliage, all within gold-damascened line borders, the larger panels flanked by monster-heads, all against a densely chiselled ground of flowering foliage, the rim bordered by ovoidal and circular panels, the former enclosing silver-damascened Persian verses in thulth script, the latter each with a brace of chased silver partridges, all between gold-damascened foliate borders, fitted with two plume-holders, central threaded spike of diamond section and adjustable nasal all decorated en suite with the skull, and vandyked camail of butted steel and copper alloy rings; the second of circular convex form with applied outer border, made in two pieces and with four domed bosses, the outer surface decorated en suite with the kulah khud, and both in fine condition: the dhal mounted on a metal stand,47.0 cm diameter and 28.0 cm high (not including camail) (3)
Sold for £9,000
of steel, the first with domed skull decorated overall with cartouche-shaped panels of chased encrusted silver flowering foliage, all within gold-damascened line borders, the larger panels flanked by monster-heads, all against a densely chiselled ground of flowering foliage, the rim bordered by ovoidal and circular panels, the former enclosing silver-damascened Persian verses in thulth script, the latter each with a brace of chased silver partridges, all between gold-damascened foliate borders, fitted with two plume-holders, central threaded spike of diamond section and adjustable nasal all decorated en suite with the skull, and vandyked camail of butted steel and copper alloy rings; the second of circular convex form with applied outer border, made in two pieces and with four domed bosses, the outer surface decorated en suite with the kulah khud, and both in fine condition: the dhal mounted on a metal stand,47.0 cm diameter and 28.0 cm high (not including camail) (3)
Auction: Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026, 24th Jun, 2026
Including:
An important English Private Collection
Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from Plas Newydd, Anglesey
The Robert E Brooker Jr. Collection of Rare Antique Arms and Armour, Part V
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