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AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD
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 tangband and bolsters of embossed and chased silver. Recurved, single-edged blade of hollowground section with gold-inlaid geometrical motif to the right side and inscribed on the left, WORK OF ATRAK ___ ['] OWNER AHMAD, and deeply struck with a maker's mark. 19th century. Grips lacking, repairs to bolsters, blade with darkened areas. Overall length 75.5 cm. Condition IV