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A RARE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:650.00 - 750.00 USD
A RARE SERBIAN NOZH DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
The fine, intricately-filigreed silver hilt of yataghan form with broadly-flared, symmetrical ears set with corals on each surface. The straight, single-edged blade with profiled spine, double fullers and long clipped tip, struck with stars and crescents. In its elaborately embossed silver scabbard with characteristic monsterhead finial.First half of the 19th century.Overall length 46.6 cm. Condition I