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123 A CAUCASIAN DAGGER (KINDJAL) Caucasus, 19th century With flat wide double-edged spike blade, with scrolling gold-damascened decorations, centre groove, with two-sided wood hilt, 58.5cm. £600-800
124 A LARGE ENGRAVED COPPER-ALLOY CIRCULAR TRAY Ottoman Balkans, 19th century With flat rim, the engraved decoration composed of bulbous vases, domed pavilions flanked my tall towers, interspersed with elongated drop-shaped stylised cypress trees arranged around a central roundel with a six-pointed star in the centre, the borders with hatched lattice work, 84cm diam. A similar tray was offered at Christie’s South Kensington, 9 October 2015, lot 408. For further discussion on Ottoman Hungarian metalwork, please see Geza Feher, Craftsmanship in Turkish-Ruled Hungary, Corvina, 1975. £500-700
125 A CAUCASIAN SILVER DAGGER Possibly Georgia, 19th century The double-edged steel blade of typical form, the forte with protruding conical elements, the handle and wooden sheath covered in silver with niello decoration consisting of cusped cartouches containing lush vegetal tendrils, in the back the Ottoman symbol of the crescent moon and star, approximately 36cm including the sheath. £800-1,200 36
126 TWO OTTOMAN POCKET DAGGERS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising a hardstone-hilted pocket dagger with single-edged steel blade, the silver sheath incised with floral motifs and lattice work, 17cm long; and a pocket dagger with parcel-gilt silver handle with doubleedged steel blade with medial ridge, the sheath decorated with silver rosette-shaped filigree work and two chain strings with carnelian beads, 15.4cm long. £500-700 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees