AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A FINE TURKISH SHASHKA SWRD WITH GOLD INLAY AND WOOTZ BLADE

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Start price: $3,000

Estimated price: $4,000 - $5,000

Buyer's premium:

Of a characteristic form with a carved-ivory earned hilt decorated with a gold crown insert, Damascus steel blade with Arabic inscriptions on the forte on both sides. Leather-covered scabbard with steel mounts decorated with silver inlay.Late 19th cen.

Dimensions: L: 34 1/2 in., (88 cm.)

Condition: Very good overall, small crack to the hilt, minor rust to the scabbard steel mounts.