A STEEL CHILANUM DAGGER HILT AND A STEEL TULWAR SWORD HILT WITH PARROT HEADS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Northern and Southern India, 18th and 19th century Comprising a typical South Indian X-shaped steel chilanum dagger hilt, the grip with a bulging diamond-shaped element in the middle, the upper section with two rounded, opposite-facing parrot heads, 13.4cm high; and a North Indian tulwar sword hilt with a sinuous knuckle guard terminating in a flower bud, the T-shaped quillon with rounded knobs on each side, the grip and pommel designed in the shape of a parrot body and head respectively, 16.5cm high.

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