A GOLD-MOUNTED DIAMANTÉ SHAMSHIR with finely watered curved single-edged blade, the hilt encased in gold sparsely engraved with foliage, the pierced pommel set with silver foliate designs (incomplete) set with numerous brilliants of differing sizes, the quillons with bud-shaped terminals and entirely set with a silver overlapping scale design (incomplete) set with numerous brilliants of differing sizes, in original black leather-covered wooden scabbard with gold mounts engraved with foliage, including deep locket and chape, and two rings for suspension, circa 1860