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AN OTTOMAN SURMENE DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
AN OTTOMAN SURMENE 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 dark horn hilt eared and studded with brass nails, the broad blade finely fullered on the right face, with a single fuller on the left. In its silver covered in nielloed geometrical and vinework motifs entirely, with upturned finial set with a coral. Named for the town near Trabzon on the Black Sea whence this form originated. Mid-19th century. Worn. Overall length 48 cm.
Condition III