19th Century With broad curved finely watered double-edged blade cut with two fullers forming a medial ridge over its entire length on each side and damascened with symmetrical gold foliage on each side of the forte, waisted hilt of oval section entirely covered with gilt-brass sheet beneath elaborate silver filigree and flower-heads set with cabouchon rubies, turquoises and fluted ovoidal corals in original wood-lined scabbard en suite, the flower-head on the pommel and one flower-head on each side of the scabbard set with agate seals variously inscribed in Arabic mirror-writing including an owner's name and 'Amin' (one who believes)
19th Century With broad curved finely watered double-edged blade cut with two fullers forming a medial ridge over its entire length on each side and damascened with symmetrical gold foliage on each side of the forte, waisted hilt of oval section entirely covered with gilt-brass sheet beneath elaborate silver filigree and flower-heads set with cabouchon rubies, turquoises and fluted ovoidal corals in original wood-lined scabbard en suite, the flower-head on the pommel and one flower-head on each side of the scabbard set with agate seals variously inscribed in Arabic mirror-writing including an owner's name and 'Amin' (one who believes)
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