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Description: | Yatagan sword, is named after a town in South West Turkey. This sword has a silver mount which reaches down the blade on both sides and the handle are both of silver with both chaste repousse work engraved with flowers. Top of the handle inset with glass simulated jewels and simulated turquoises. The wooden sheath is completely covered with silver again engraved and repousse in two section. The designs including trophies of arms and sailing ships together with flowers and an inscription. An old label stated that it was the sword of the head Eunoch at Constantinople
A Yatagan sword with slightly curved blade engraved with an inscription. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Weapons Swords Asian art Decorative arts Turkey Asian Decorative Art Georgian period | Temporal: | 1750 - 1800
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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