**AN OTTOMAN BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD
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**AN OTTOMAN BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD (YATAGHAN), 19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged blade cut with a brief inscription on one face and decorated with gold, the hilt extending in a pair of shaped silver panels over the forte, fitted with a pair of horn grip-scales (one chipped) retained by four pairs of rivets with silver foliate heads, and each grip profusely studded with minute silver nails, in its wooden scabbard encased in chased silver, decorated with scrollwork and flowers
62 cm; 24 3/8 in blade
with curved single-edged blade cut with a brief inscription on one face and decorated with gold, the hilt extending in a pair of shaped silver panels over the forte, fitted with a pair of horn grip-scales (one chipped) retained by four pairs of rivets with silver foliate heads, and each grip profusely studded with minute silver nails, in its wooden scabbard encased in chased silver, decorated with scrollwork and flowers
62 cm; 24 3/8 in blade
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**AN OTTOMAN BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED SHORTSWORD
Estimate £500 - £700
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