* A GOLD-INLAID ( KOFTGARI ) STEEL KHANJAR DAGGER WITH SCABBARD PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR India, 19th century With a double-edged steel blade with thick medial ridge and tip, the gold-damascened hilt in the shape of the letter I, with flared sides, the decoration consisting of rosette sprays amidst lush interlocking vegetal sprays, on the forte a row of gilt palmettes, the pommel at the top gilt, the wooden scabbard lined with dark blue velvet, the metal fittings now lost, 36cm long including the scabbard. (36cm long including the scabbard)