A FINE 19TH CENTURY SILVER-GILT MOUNTED PRESENTATION MAMELUKE By Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, no. 14771. The foliate carved ivory hilt set with cabochon garnets above silver gilt quillons with engraved coat of arms on a curved steel blade with crown VR to one side and raised script to the other reading "Presented to his Excellence the Governor Colonel George Abbas Kooli D'Arry" dated June 1866, the scabbard with elaborate silver-gilt mounts in Renaissance taste on a velvet lining. - silver hallmarks for Robert Hennell III, London. 1863. Ivory Act 2018 Exemption Submission Reference - UG7PQQTN (103cm overall)

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