An Ottoman Yatagan, four daggers and a spear. – Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers

An Ottoman yatagan with a walrus-ivory hilt featuring large "ears" and a blade approx. 59.5 cm long with a gold-inlaid inscription on one side; two Moroccan *koumaya* daggers with wooden hilts and older blades (approx. 23.5 cm and 21.5 cm long) in cast brass scabbards; a Persian (?) dagger with an hourglass-shaped iron hilt and a double-edged blade approx. 14.5 cm long—etched with a bust and featuring faux damascening across the entire surface—in a metal scabbard; and a Turkish dagger with a horn hilt and a curved, double-edged blade approx. 17 cm long—decorated with a crescent moon and star—in a brass-clad wooden scabbard. Also included is a spear of unknown origin with a robust blade approx. 30 cm long, a white-metal intermediate section approx. 30 cm long, and a bamboo shaft approx. 118 cm long.

Estimate:£678.08

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