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AN INDIAN PATISSA SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
AN INDIAN PATISSA 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...
With elegant Indian baskethilt, the broad, single-edged blade terminating in an obtusely-angled tip with pronounced back edge, mounted with a set of pierced and fretted steel reinforces, and etched overall with a decorative damascus pattern. Mid-19th century . Topspike lacking .Overall length 80 cm. Condition III