A CAUCASIAN SHASHKA
19TH CENTURY
Gilt brass grip and cap piece cast and chased with scrolling acanthus, the blade engraved with a flowerhead, a moon and a fictional animal and dated '1768', red and black leather scabbard with a gilt brass detail chased with laurel band and a flowerhead
36¼ in. (92.1 cm.) long, in scabbard
A CAUCASIAN SHASHKA
19TH CENTURY
Gilt brass grip and cap piece cast and chased with scrolling acanthus, the blade engraved with a flowerhead, a moon and a fictional animal and dated '1768', red and black leather scabbard with a gilt brass detail chased with laurel band and a flowerhead
36¼ in. (92.1 cm.) long, in scabbard
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