Dagger and Sheath
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Middle East, Metalwork. For a dagger (Khanjar), black leather with chevron tooling on one side over a wooden core with red velvet pads on the throat. Iran; Arms and armour. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.
Middle East, Metalwork. Slender curved watered steel blade with a medial rib, chiselled with a panel of animals at the root, decorated with gold damascened eyes and claws. The steel hilt is chiselled and gilt, with chased ornament of animals and figures and a portrait bust on the pommel. The blade is loose from its seating. Iran, Persian; Arms and armour. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.
Middle East, Metalwork. Slender curved watered steel blade with a medial rib, chiselled with a panel of animals at the root, decorated with gold damascened eyes and claws. The steel hilt is chiselled and gilt, with chased ornament of animals and figures and a portrait bust on the pommel. The blade is loose from its seating. Iran, Persian; Arms and armour. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. For a dagger (Khanjar), black leather with chevron tooling on one side over a wooden core with red velvet pads on the throat. Iran; Arms and armour. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. Middle East, Metalwork. Slender curved watered steel blade with a medial rib, chiselled with a panel of animals at the root, decorated with gold damascened eyes and claws. The steel hilt is chiselled and gilt, with chased ornament of animals and figures and a portrait bust on the pommel. The blade is loose from its seating. Iran, Persian; Arms and armour. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. |
| Object history | This object was purchased in Tehran in 1873, by Robert Murdoch Smith on behalf of the Museum. In his first bulk acquisition for the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A), Murdoch Smith had bought "a considerable collection" of over 100 examples of metalwork, ceramic, inlaid woodwork and textile from different local sources, including French diplomat Emile Charles Bernay and four art-dealers: Nasrullah Dellal, Abu'l-Hassan Dellal, Abdul-Husayn and Reza Kashi of Tehran. Many further acquisitions followed in the years 1873-1878 and 1883-1885, most extensively from the private collector Jules Richard. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 510:1, 2-1874 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2002 |
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