Lot Essay
Believed to be from the collection of Juan Peron, former president of Argentina.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE BALKAN SHORTSWORD, ALMOST CERTAINLY MONTENEGRIN
19TH CENTURY
With very slender tapering straight blade cut with a pair of very narrow full-length fullers and with gold koftgari basal panels incorporating a brief inscription on one side (rubbed), brass hilt of two-piece construction cast with a close-set pattern of nodular flowers, in its original scabbard with long slender brass mounts en suite with the hilt
16in (41.6cm) blade
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With very slender tapering straight blade cut with a pair of very narrow full-length fullers and with gold koftgari basal panels incorporating a brief inscription on one side (rubbed), brass hilt of two-piece construction cast with a close-set pattern of nodular flowers, in its original scabbard with long slender brass mounts en suite with the hilt
16in (41.6cm) blade
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium