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Description: | Circassian sword with a broad, slightly curved blade with two grooves running down three quarters of its length. The blade is probably German laminated steel with the mark of a wolf (or a lion?) inlaid in brass. The hilt is covered with gilt arabesque patterns of Persian design. The guard is made to fit the fingers with a depression for the little finger. The outer guard of the hand runs to a point and is not joined to the pommel. The scabbard is of green velvet with bands of gilt arabesque work on both sides. It may have belonged to a Circassian Officer in the Russian Service.
Technique: inlay
Material: steel
Material: brass
Material: gilt
Material: velvet
circassian sword made in Russia, Asia, (1910.15.31a). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25024 | Go to resource |
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