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CIRCA 1856-62, THE BLADE PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A SWORD OF BRITISH PATTERN 1831 GENERAL OFFICER TYPE
CIRCA 1856-62, THE BLADE PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
With earlier curved watered steel blade from a shamshir with a gold-damascened baduh and a lobed medallion with Persian inscription in Arabic script, gilt-brass hilt cast and chased on each side with scrollwork, a laurel wreath, and a crossed sword and baton, ivory grips-scales (loose, both chipped at base), and bullion-thread sword-knot, in original red-velvet-covered scabbard with gilt-brass mounts engraved with flowering foliage, and with regulation-type brass field scabbard
29in. (73.7cm.) blade
CIRCA 1856-62, THE BLADE PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
With earlier curved watered steel blade from a shamshir with a gold-damascened baduh and a lobed medallion with Persian inscription in Arabic script, gilt-brass hilt cast and chased on each side with scrollwork, a laurel wreath, and a crossed sword and baton, ivory grips-scales (loose, both chipped at base), and bullion-thread sword-knot, in original red-velvet-covered scabbard with gilt-brass mounts engraved with flowering foliage, and with regulation-type brass field scabbard
29in. (73.7cm.) blade
Provenance
Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812-1862) and by descent to Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832- 1916) by whom bequeathed his great-nephew,
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
Special notice
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