A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MALABAR, with broad straight blade double-edged over its upper half and rounded at the tip, formed with three fullers over three quarters of its length joining at a central terminal and a further slightly shorter fuller, decorated along the back-edge with a series of eyelash marks, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets flaring towards a cusped terminal, straight quillons with pointed tips, disc-pommel with hemispherical top, button fitted with a silver ring, integral swelling grip, and decorated over its surface in encrusted silver with geometric designs and flowerheads (small losses), 77.5 cm blade¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C36. ¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦
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