A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, with curved broad single-edged blade (lightly ground in places), formed with a slender fuller along the back-edge and double-edged toward the point, iron hilt comprising attenuated langets, a pair of straight quillons with three-point lobed finials, knuckle-guard with recurved monsterhead finial, and large disc pommel fitted with a silver ring and the grip with an early binding of plaited silver and ribband (loose), 89.0 cm blade¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C13.¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦
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