A RARE TURKISH SILVER-MOUNTED PALLASCH with broad slightly curved single-edged blade double-edged towards the point and reinforced along the back-edge, the hilt chased and finely nielloed with flowerheads and arabesques on a granular ground, and with down-curved quillons each terminating in a stylised monster-head, in original black leather-covered wooden scabbard (leather slightly damaged) with deep locket, chape and suspension mounts decorated en suite, retaining traces of original gilding overall (minor areas of slight damage), 17th Century