PROBABLY KUTCH, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

An almost identical axe was cataloged as being from 18th century Bikaner (Mughal Silver Magnificence, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1987, no. 74, p. 79). There is however nothing similar published in Goetz's catalogue of the Bikaner Collection, although that is certainly not exhaustive. A similar axe was attributed to Kutch in the late 19th century (Lord Egerton of Tatton, A Description of Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, no.713, p.137 and pl.XIV).