An old Turkish or Greek sword 'Yataghan'. The hilt with small eared grips of walrus ivory, the mounts of chiselled repousse silver. Pewter mounts with engraving to the lower bolster, upper scabbard mount, and monster-head sheath finial. Good steel blade with a strangely shaped cartouche containing silver calligraphy. The scabbard covered with black leather and with wire-sewn seam to the reverse. Good condition, there is an old repair to the one ear with a small metal rivet through a small hollow presumably originally holding an ivory section in place. The shorter size of this yataghan and style of the hilt suggests that it may have been a naval piece. Late 18th/early 19th century.

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