Not on display

Sword and Sheath

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sword and sheath (talwar) with a gold plated hilt and a leather sheath and belt decorated with enamelled silver mounts, and a small bye-knife, Hyderabad, Sind, 19th century.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Sword
  • Talwar
  • Sword Sheath
  • Sword Belt
  • Bye-Knife
  • Kard
Brief description
Sword and sheath (talwar) with a gold plated hilt and a leather sheath and belt decorated with enamelled silver mounts, and a small bye-knife, Hyderabad, Sind, 19th century.
Dimensions
  • Overall. taken from egerton length: 35in
Gallery label
(pre 1993)
Sabre tulwar: polished fluted blade, gold plated hilt, leather sheath embroidered in silk cusped diamond motifs in chain stitch, blue & green enamelled silver mounts, leather waistbelt similarly decorated, leather loop embroidered in chain stitch attached to hilt, small knife with walrus ivory hilt in sheath at side of scabbard, Haidarabad, Sind.
3397 I.S.
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.708
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic reference
Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 138, Cat. No. 729
Other numbers
  • 729 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • '55 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
3397toC/(IS)

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2003
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