Ⓦ A RARE NORTH INDIAN SMALL-SWORD WITH GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1750
Ⓦ A RARE NORTH INDIAN SMALL-SWORD WITH GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1750
with tapering fullered blade of flattened-diamond section (pitted), russet iron hilt comprising double shell-guard, quillon with globular terminal, a pair of arms, knuckle-guard and tall ovoid pommel, decorated throughout in gilt with scrolling foliage and elaborate flowers within beadwork frames (losses, areas of pitting), and retaining its original grip of plaited wire and blued and gilt ribband between 'Turk's Heads'
78.0 cm; 30 ¾ in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
The hilt belongs to an unidentified North Indian workshop. See Norman 1980, p. 348.
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Ⓦ A RARE NORTH INDIAN SMALL-SWORD WITH GILT IRON HILT, CIRCA 1750
with tapering fullered blade of flattened-diamond section (pitted), russet iron hilt comprising double shell-guard, quillon with globular terminal, a pair of arms, knuckle-guard and tall ovoid pommel, decorated throughout in gilt with scrolling foliage and elaborate flowers within beadwork frames (losses, areas of pitting), and retaining its original grip of plaited wire and blued and gilt ribband between 'Turk's Heads'
78.0 cm; 30 ¾ in blade
Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
The hilt belongs to an unidentified North Indian workshop. See Norman 1980, p. 348.
