A TURKISH YATAGHAN, the blade damascened in gold with the maker's name 'Abu Bakr' and owner's name, the silver-mounted hilt with walrus ivory grips (damaged and repaired), the mounts set with coral, in velvet-covered wooden scabbard with white-metal locket and chape each embossed and chased with foliage, the latter terminating in a monster's head, 19th Century

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A TURKISH YATAGHAN, the blade damascened in gold with the maker's name 'Abu Bakr' and owner's name, the silver-mounted hilt with walrus ivory grips (damaged and repaired), the mounts set with coral, in velvet-covered wooden scabbard with white-metal locket and chape each embossed and chased with foliage, the latter terminating in a monster's head, 19th Century
23½in. blade

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