A gold koftgari-hilted steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th/ 19th Century the double-edged watered steel blade of curved form, the forte with a raised cartouche containing a gold overlaid floral spray, the grips profusely decorated in gold overlay with floral interlace 50 cm. long Fußnoten Provenance James Baillie Fraser 15th Laird of Reelig (1783-1856) and his brother William Fraser (1784-1835). Private Scottish collection by direct descent. A list within the family archive (fig 2) mentions a katar sent back to England aboard the Phoenix in December 1816 which was given to James Fraser as a gift by Colonel James Skinner (1778-1841).
A gold koftgari-hilted steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th/ 19th Century the double-edged watered steel blade of curved form, the forte with a raised cartouche containing a gold overlaid floral spray, the grips profusely decorated in gold overlay with floral interlace 50 cm. long Fußnoten Provenance James Baillie Fraser 15th Laird of Reelig (1783-1856) and his brother William Fraser (1784-1835). Private Scottish collection by direct descent. A list within the family archive (fig 2) mentions a katar sent back to England aboard the Phoenix in December 1816 which was given to James Fraser as a gift by Colonel James Skinner (1778-1841).
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