PROBABLY SHAHPURA, RAJASTHAN
with single-edged blade formed with a reinforced back-edge of T-sections and a sharp point, silver hilt formed of a pair of shaped langets, moulded quillons, disc-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, a low rectangular bracket carrying a silk tassel, moulded button on a foliate washer, and integral grip decorated with a chevron design, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with small shaped silver chape, complete with its velvet and silver embroidered brocade belt with gilt copper alloy buckle and mounts, 61.5 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C01
Sold for £1,600
PROBABLY SHAHPURA, RAJASTHAN
with single-edged blade formed with a reinforced back-edge of T-sections and a sharp point, silver hilt formed of a pair of shaped langets, moulded quillons, disc-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, a low rectangular bracket carrying a silk tassel, moulded button on a foliate washer, and integral grip decorated with a chevron design, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with small shaped silver chape, complete with its velvet and silver embroidered brocade belt with gilt copper alloy buckle and mounts, 61.5 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C01
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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