LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CAUCASIAN SHASHQUA
LATE 19TH CENTURY
WITH CURVED SINGLE-EDGED BLADE DOUBLE-EDGED TOWARDS THE POINT AND CUT WITH THREE FULLERS, DAMASCENED AT THE FORTE WITH GOLD INSCRIPTIONS ON EACH SIDE, THE HILT ENCASED IN NIELLOED SILVER DECORATED WITH SCROLLING FOLIAGE IN LOW RELIEF, AND WITH PLAITED LEATHER SWORD-KNOT, IN ORIGINAL BLACK LEATHER-COVERED SCABBARD WITH NEILLOED SILVER MOUNTS EN SUITE WITH THE HILT (ONE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, ONE MISSING)
31IN. (78.7CM.) BLADE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
WITH CURVED SINGLE-EDGED BLADE DOUBLE-EDGED TOWARDS THE POINT AND CUT WITH THREE FULLERS, DAMASCENED AT THE FORTE WITH GOLD INSCRIPTIONS ON EACH SIDE, THE HILT ENCASED IN NIELLOED SILVER DECORATED WITH SCROLLING FOLIAGE IN LOW RELIEF, AND WITH PLAITED LEATHER SWORD-KNOT, IN ORIGINAL BLACK LEATHER-COVERED SCABBARD WITH NEILLOED SILVER MOUNTS EN SUITE WITH THE HILT (ONE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, ONE MISSING)
31IN. (78.7CM.) BLADE