A GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN

Lot 101
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 101 | A GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN
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£ 80 000 – 120 000
A GEM-SET AND ENAMELLED SWORD (TULWAR) AND SCABBARD FROM THE ARMOURY OF TIPU SULTAN

DECCAN OR SOUTH INDIA, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

The curved fullered steel blade double-edged at the tip, one side struck with European maker's mark, the white enamel hilt set with gemstones arranged in fours in gilt mounts, larger cabochon rubies on the quillons, the disc pommel similarly decorated, the wooden scabbard clad entirely in brown tooled leather

35 7/8in. (91.1cm.) long





Provenance

Personal armoury of Tipu Sultan of Mysore

Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (d. 1805), by 1799,

thence by descent
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