Description
Yatagan and its scabbard Ottoman world, 18th - 19th century Length 73 cm / 80.5 cm with scabbard Estimate: 400 - 600 €. This yatagan has a typical steel blade with an inner edge. The heel of the blade com - The heel of the blade has a deep chased decoration of palmettes, gold damascened on the bottom. On one side, the blade is damascened with a calligraphic mandorla (worn and illegible). The ferrule and the back of the blade are also gold damascened with vegetal motifs. The typical handle with large lugs, with double marine ivory plates fixed by nails on both sides of a on both sides of a steel edge with damascene decoration. It is accompanied by its scabbard covered with silver plates embossed and engraved, with many patterns - of bouquets and birds, with the date 1156 AH (1743 AD) and the letters cef on the edge. (One plate of the handle cracked, wear to the gilding, wear to the scabbard)
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Yatagan and its scabbard Ottoman world, 18th - 19th century Length 73 cm / 80.5 cm with scabbard Estimate: 400 - 600 €. This yatagan has a typical steel blade with an inner edge. The heel of the blade com - The heel of the blade has a deep chased decoration of palmettes, gold damascened on the bottom. On one side, the blade is damascened with a calligraphic mandorla (worn and illegible). The ferrule and the back of the blade are also gold damascened with vegetal motifs. The typical handle with large lugs, with double marine ivory plates fixed by nails on both sides of a on both sides of a steel edge with damascene decoration. It is accompanied by its scabbard covered with silver plates embossed and engraved, with many patterns - of bouquets and birds, with the date 1156 AH (1743 AD) and the letters cef on the edge. (One plate of the handle cracked, wear to the gilding, wear to the scabbard)
