AN OTTOMAN EARED YATAGHAN DAGGER Ottoman Turkey, 19th
AN OTTOMAN EARED YATAGHAN DAGGER
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With a sharp, straight single-edged steel blade, the forte encrusted with silver stippled work on both sides and extending to the tang's ridge, the hilt made of two thick sheets of copper held together by three silver studs, the red leather scabbard with overlaid silver mounts engraved with intricate vegetal and floral tendrils, the tip designed as an aquatic monster, both mounts with a tughra mark, 50.6cm long including the scabbard.
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AN OTTOMAN EARED YATAGHAN DAGGER
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With a sharp, straight single-edged steel blade, the forte encrusted with silver stippled work on both sides and extending to the tang's ridge, the hilt made of two thick sheets of copper held together by three silver studs, the red leather scabbard with overlaid silver mounts engraved with intricate vegetal and floral tendrils, the tip designed as an aquatic monster, both mounts with a tughra mark, 50.6cm long including the scabbard.
