TWO OTTOMAN SHORTSWORDS (YATAGHAN)
TWO OTTOMAN SHORTSWORDS (YATAGHAN), EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the first with slightly curved single-edged blade struck with an onion-shaped mark on one face, silver hilt enclosing the forte in a scalloped design and extending over the back-edge, the latter with a brief niello inscription, a pair of grips rising to a small eared pommel (one pommel inner plate missing, grips secured by wire), decorated over its surface with a design of scrolling foliage in niello, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with leather-covered iron ring bound by leather and complete with its belt; the second with broad curved single-edged blade engraved with a kilig on one face an a square on the other, silver hilt extending over the forte and the back-edge, the latter engraved with a running pattern of foliage continuing around the back-strap, and a pair of horn grip-scales (small chips)
the first : 63.2 cm; 24 7/8 in blade
(2)
The onion-shaped mark is associated with the bladesmiths of Sarajevo.
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TWO OTTOMAN SHORTSWORDS (YATAGHAN), EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the first with slightly curved single-edged blade struck with an onion-shaped mark on one face, silver hilt enclosing the forte in a scalloped design and extending over the back-edge, the latter with a brief niello inscription, a pair of grips rising to a small eared pommel (one pommel inner plate missing, grips secured by wire), decorated over its surface with a design of scrolling foliage in niello, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with leather-covered iron ring bound by leather and complete with its belt; the second with broad curved single-edged blade engraved with a kilig on one face an a square on the other, silver hilt extending over the forte and the back-edge, the latter engraved with a running pattern of foliage continuing around the back-strap, and a pair of horn grip-scales (small chips)
the first : 63.2 cm; 24 7/8 in blade
(2)
The onion-shaped mark is associated with the bladesmiths of Sarajevo.
