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Auction archive: Lot number 0050

A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD

Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$749 - US$1,048
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$749
Auction archive: Lot number 0050

A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD

Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$749 - US$1,048
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$749
Beschreibung:

A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (KASTANE), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade cut with a short slender central fuller on each face, applied with a finely chased panel of brass decorated with tightly scrolling foliage on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, almost entirely encased in finely chased silver (the back-strap missing) comprising triangular langets, a pair of down-curved arms, quillon and knuckle-guard all with monsterhead finials, and the grip encased in silver chased with traditional scrollwork rising to a monsterhead pommel 54 cm; 21 ¼ in blade

Auction archive: Lot number 0050
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Thomas Del Mar Ltd.
Blythe Road 25
London, W14 0PD
United Kingdom
enquiries@thomasdelmar.com
+44 (0)207 6024805
+44(0)207 6025973
Beschreibung:

A CEYLONESE SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD (KASTANE), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade cut with a short slender central fuller on each face, applied with a finely chased panel of brass decorated with tightly scrolling foliage on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form, almost entirely encased in finely chased silver (the back-strap missing) comprising triangular langets, a pair of down-curved arms, quillon and knuckle-guard all with monsterhead finials, and the grip encased in silver chased with traditional scrollwork rising to a monsterhead pommel 54 cm; 21 ¼ in blade

Auction archive: Lot number 0050
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Thomas Del Mar Ltd.
Blythe Road 25
London, W14 0PD
United Kingdom
enquiries@thomasdelmar.com
+44 (0)207 6024805
+44(0)207 6025973
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