fancy ottoman dagger with corals...
Hello dear members,
I wanted to show you this dagger,
A mix betwwen wonderful components and average stuff:
set with ciselled drop shaped corals and turquoises,
many pieces are missing, maybe later emplacements with green glass beads ?
The blade is just a steel sheet deco piece but is engraved
The work on the drop shaped corals is ottoman work for me.
I found on an old forum's post that these pieces are considered to come from India but I never saw the mix of corals and turquoises in India ( Tibet, Nepal ok ) and this kind of work on corals is not recent cheap tourist stuff and ottoman for me ( late 19th century ?? )
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