AN OTTOMAN STEEL CHANFRON the slightly curved steel panel with medial ridge ending in a rectangular raised panel across the brow, curving to sloping shaped panels either side of the nose, the cross-panel engraved in naskh with a brief inscription, similar inscriptions within cusped cartouches with tulip pendants below, a similar tulip flanked by arabesque panels above, the sloping side panels with an engraved scrolling forked lily interlace, mid 16th century (slight corrosion and pitting) 21¾in. (52.5cm.) long