Trois dagues en acier et manches en corne (kindjals), Caucase...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Trois dagues en acier et manches en corne (kindjals), Caucase XIX-XXe siècle
Three horn-hilted steel daggers (kindjals), Caucasus, 19th/20th Century
each with double-edged steel blade, one with niello silver mounts, one with silver-overlaid mounts, the third with gold-damascened steel mounts and makers stamp to blade
the largest 57 cm. long(3)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
For two examples of horn-hilted Caucasian kindjals, see R. Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, p. 101, cats. 243 & 244.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Trois dagues en acier et manches en corne (kindjals), Caucase XIX-XXe siècle
Three horn-hilted steel daggers (kindjals), Caucasus, 19th/20th Century
each with double-edged steel blade, one with niello silver mounts, one with silver-overlaid mounts, the third with gold-damascened steel mounts and makers stamp to blade
the largest 57 cm. long(3)
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
For two examples of horn-hilted Caucasian kindjals, see R. Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, p. 101, cats. 243 & 244.
