AN UNUSUAL INDIAN KARD formed in two halves held together by male and female T-shaped slots and staples, with single-edged blade (the outer surfaces slightly filed off), beaked iron hilt damascened with gold foliage, and ivory grip-scales bound with twisted silver wire, in original green leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-copper locket and chape pierced and engraved with foliage, the former with suspension loop, late 18th Century