A BALKAN DAGGER (BICHAQ) with single-edged blade decorated on one side with etching including two pierced hearts, forte partly covered with silver chased with foliage, iron hilt with eared ivory grip-scales of plano-convex section divided by a chased silver strip, silver band covering the mouth of the locket, and fluted S-shaped button set with a green gem stone, in original wooden scabbard entirely covered in silver embossed and chased with grotesques, trophies of arms and foliage in low relief, the chape with monster's head finial, Turkish or Armenian, 19th Century