A Kutch Gilt copper mounted steel sword (Shamshir), Western India, early 19th Century
the single-edged watered-steel blade of curved form with gold and silver inlaid inscription-filled cartouches to one side, partial hammered maker's mark to same side, the gilt copper hilt decorated with floral interlace and borders of lozenge motifs, the wood scabbard clad entirely in red velvet with gilt copper mounts decorated en suite
90.5 cm. long
Inscriptions: 'The owner J. Benson (?)', 'Ali.
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the single-edged watered-steel blade of curved form with gold and silver inlaid inscription-filled cartouches to one side, partial hammered maker's mark to same side, the gilt copper hilt decorated with floral interlace and borders of lozenge motifs, the wood scabbard clad entirely in red velvet with gilt copper mounts decorated en suite
90.5 cm. long
Inscriptions: 'The owner J. Benson (?)', 'Ali.
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