Deux dagues en acier damasquiné argent (kindjals), Caucase début du...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Deux dagues en acier damasquiné argent (kindjals), Caucase début du XXe siècle
Two silver-damascened steel daggers (kindjals), Caucasus, 20th Century
each with double-edged steel blade, one with silver-overlaid decoration and inscriptions, the hilts and scabbards with silver-overlaid decoration
the larger 52 cm. long(2)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: islah nafi' li'l-aduww dafi' / san'at bi-tunis fi sana 1230, 'A useful weapon that repels the enemy. Manufacture in Tunis in year 1230 (1814-15)'.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Deux dagues en acier damasquiné argent (kindjals), Caucase début du XXe siècle
Two silver-damascened steel daggers (kindjals), Caucasus, 20th Century
each with double-edged steel blade, one with silver-overlaid decoration and inscriptions, the hilts and scabbards with silver-overlaid decoration
the larger 52 cm. long(2)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: islah nafi' li'l-aduww dafi' / san'at bi-tunis fi sana 1230, 'A useful weapon that repels the enemy. Manufacture in Tunis in year 1230 (1814-15)'.
