8th Mar, 2017 9:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 312
 

312

A 19th Century Burmese Knife, with 27cm single edge steel blade, the brass hilt with down-swept...

A 19th Century Burmese Knife, with 27cm single edge steel blade, the brass hilt with down-swept crossguard with dragon's head quillons, with chequered ivory grip scales and brass elephant head pommel, with brass leaf sheathed scabbard
Not Sold

 

Both Ivory grips are cracked at the top. One is also chipped to the side. The blade is firm to the hilt.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 8th Mar, 2017

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