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Description: | A cast lead possible dagger hilt of post-medieval date. The object appears Islamic in origin and is comparative in shape to an ivory Ottoman dagger hilt type from the mid 16th century, compare BM 1878,1230.817 (no image on BM website) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=215017&partid=1&searchText=Ottoman+dagger+hilt&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1 It is also similar in design to V&A 269.1895 http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86557/dagger-hilt/There are also examples in Splendeur des Armes orientales 1988 exhibition catalogue, Acte Expo, Paris: Cat. no. 22 a 16th c. Ivory Ottoman Turkish hilt; and cat. no. 96, a 19th c. Iranian ivory hilt.Kind thanks to Thom Richardson of the Royal Armouries, Leeds for these examples.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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