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AN OTTOMAN SWORD (YATAGHAN)
TURKEY, CIRCA 1830
The curving single-edged blade of finely watered steel, the horn hilt with silver-gilt mounts and quillons, the leather-covered wooden scabbard with a band of silver braid along the face, all the mounts of silver gilt with extremely simple decoration, all pieces of silver marked with the tughra of Abdulmecid (1839-61AD) together with a stamp in the form of a trefoil flowerhead, gilding rubbed
39¼in. (99cm.) long
TURKEY, CIRCA 1830
The curving single-edged blade of finely watered steel, the horn hilt with silver-gilt mounts and quillons, the leather-covered wooden scabbard with a band of silver braid along the face, all the mounts of silver gilt with extremely simple decoration, all pieces of silver marked with the tughra of Abdulmecid (1839-61AD) together with a stamp in the form of a trefoil flowerhead, gilding rubbed
39¼in. (99cm.) long