AN INDIAN TALWAR SWORD WITH HORSE HEAD HILT India
AN INDIAN TALWAR SWORD WITH HORSE HEAD HILT
India, circa 1900
With a long curved single-edged watered damascus steel blade, with a thick back edge and four central grooves on each side, the gilt copper hilt engraved with lush rosettes and vegetal sprays and embellished with a horse head terminal and a curved knuckle guard, the wooden scabbard covered with red velvet and gilt copper openwork with floral motifs, 93cm long including the scabbard.
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AN INDIAN TALWAR SWORD WITH HORSE HEAD HILT
India, circa 1900
With a long curved single-edged watered damascus steel blade, with a thick back edge and four central grooves on each side, the gilt copper hilt engraved with lush rosettes and vegetal sprays and embellished with a horse head terminal and a curved knuckle guard, the wooden scabbard covered with red velvet and gilt copper openwork with floral motifs, 93cm long including the scabbard.
