BOTH LATE 19TH CENTURY
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Two Indian Tulwars, Each Made For A Boy
Both late 19th Century
The first with curved fullered blade, and iron hilt of characteristic form damascened with gold foliage against a silver ground, in original green velvet-covered wooden scabbard, and complete with its gilt-metal mounted leather belt, frog and shoulder-strap all faced with silver braid; the second with broad blade of Khanda form reinforced with gold-damascened shaped metal plates along its back-edge and at both sides of the forte, and iron hilt of characteristic form damascened with gold foliage against a silver ground, the underside of the pommel with gold- and silver-damascened Hindi script, in original velvet-covered wooden scabbard (velvet worn)
18.1/8in. (46cm.) and 24in. (61cm.) (2)
Both late 19th Century
The first with curved fullered blade, and iron hilt of characteristic form damascened with gold foliage against a silver ground, in original green velvet-covered wooden scabbard, and complete with its gilt-metal mounted leather belt, frog and shoulder-strap all faced with silver braid; the second with broad blade of Khanda form reinforced with gold-damascened shaped metal plates along its back-edge and at both sides of the forte, and iron hilt of characteristic form damascened with gold foliage against a silver ground, the underside of the pommel with gold- and silver-damascened Hindi script, in original velvet-covered wooden scabbard (velvet worn)
18.1/8in. (46cm.) and 24in. (61cm.) (2)