A GOLD MOUNTED SWORD ( SHAMSHIR ) Iran, 17th century and Arabia, circa 1900 The single-edged watered steel blade worked with the "ladder of the prophet design", the hilt of typical shamshir form worked in gold with applied wire-work roundels, scrolling and floral motifs, gold quillons, the leather covered wooden sheath with upper gold mount with engraved motifs and applied palm-tree design, the upper ridge engraved with the maker's name, the chape and suspension rings of silver engraved and gold washed with simple floral medallions, blade with very light surface corrosion, silver tarnished overall 37¾in. (96cm.) long
A GOLD MOUNTED SWORD ( SHAMSHIR ) Iran, 17th century and Arabia, circa 1900 The single-edged watered steel blade worked with the "ladder of the prophet design", the hilt of typical shamshir form worked in gold with applied wire-work roundels, scrolling and floral motifs, gold quillons, the leather covered wooden sheath with upper gold mount with engraved motifs and applied palm-tree design, the upper ridge engraved with the maker's name, the chape and suspension rings of silver engraved and gold washed with simple floral medallions, blade with very light surface corrosion, silver tarnished overall 37¾in. (96cm.) long
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