AN INDIAN GAUNTLET SWORD (PATA), 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY with double-edged blade, probably of European make, cut with a pair of long slender fullers on each side, steel gauntlet hilt of characteristic form, extending over the lower portion of the blade and chiselled with beadwork about the borders (rubbed), and retaining its arm and grip-bars 93.2cm; 36 3/4in blade