AN ARAB JAMBIYA with blade of characteristic form, the hilt and scabbard entirely encased in silver decorated with silver filigree and pellets; two Moroccan jambiyas, of characteristic form, each hilt and scabbard entirely covered in engraved brass overlaid with engraved silver on the outside, and large suspension rings; a Sumatran knife (pedang) with single-edged pattern-welded blade, highly figured wooden hilt of characteristic form (split) with embossed and chased silver collar, in wooden scabbard covered in silver sheet (incomplete) embossed with foliage on the outside; and another, similar, with horn hilt, all 19th Century

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AN ARAB JAMBIYA with blade of characteristic form, the hilt and scabbard entirely encased in silver decorated with silver filigree and pellets; two Moroccan jambiyas, of characteristic form, each hilt and scabbard entirely covered in engraved brass overlaid with engraved silver on the outside, and large suspension rings; a Sumatran knife (pedang) with single-edged pattern-welded blade, highly figured wooden hilt of characteristic form (split) with embossed and chased silver collar, in wooden scabbard covered in silver sheet (incomplete) embossed with foliage on the outside; and another, similar, with horn hilt, all 19th Century
The first 13in. (5)

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