Ottoman Empire, circa 1750
With single-edged curved steel blade, brown horn pommel, brown leather sheathed scabbard, straight quillon guard, gilt silver chape and bouterolle, chased with rosettes and three-lobed fleurons.
Condition: heavily oxidized blade, cracked horn, scratches.
Length: 84 cm
Inscriptions :
at the top of the chape: ya Allah (recto), masha'Allah 1163 (=1749/50) (verso). Later inscription on the bolt: JLC
An Ottoman horn-hilted steel blade shamshir (sword), Ottoman Empire, circa 1750
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