An Indian gauntlet sword (pata) captured from Tipu Sultan's palace at Seringapatam, South India, late 18th century the European straight double-edged blade is rivetted at the forte to a pair of palmette-form langets which act as reinforcement plates extending from the gauntlet, the gauntlet modelled as a stylised head with raised eyes, eyebrows, nose and moustache, the grip beneath formed as a straight cross-bar rivetted to the sides of the gauntlet, a further arched bar at the open end hooks into open lugs to hold the forearm in the gauntlet balanced against the weight of the blade, with a plaque inscribed 'Found on the City Walls: Presented to Lt. Col. George William Mignan HEIC, Seringapatam 1799', forked tongue-shaped attachments to sides 143cm.
An Indian gauntlet sword (pata) captured from Tipu Sultan's palace at Seringapatam, South India, late 18th century the European straight double-edged blade is rivetted at the forte to a pair of palmette-form langets which act as reinforcement plates extending from the gauntlet, the gauntlet modelled as a stylised head with raised eyes, eyebrows, nose and moustache, the grip beneath formed as a straight cross-bar rivetted to the sides of the gauntlet, a further arched bar at the open end hooks into open lugs to hold the forearm in the gauntlet balanced against the weight of the blade, with a plaque inscribed 'Found on the City Walls: Presented to Lt. Col. George William Mignan HEIC, Seringapatam 1799', forked tongue-shaped attachments to sides 143cm.
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