Indian axe

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by colin henshaw

Hi estcrh

Thanks for your post. What a surprise...it looks like the same piece. Interesting how objects can go round in circles. So, Northern India then, and 18/19th century.

Regards.

I was a little surprised myself, small world. Your axe is one of only a few examples I know of with a rear facing spike, as for auction house descriptions, they range from very accurate to completely wrong so you have some info to work with but it would be nice to find some other verification. I would not think that this axe was meant for use on horseback as it has no hole in the shaft for a lanyard and the butt of the shaft has no raised area to tie a lanyard around.