Lot 168
  • 168

a rare broadsword (palash), circa 1710

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • length 39 1/2 in. 100.5 cm
the blade inscribed on one side with an Imperial eagle and Solingen, the other side with "Vivat Zaar Peter Alexeits 1710," the small shield guard with the  crowned monogram, "S.V.,"  turned wood hilt, the leather-covered wood scabbard with a cross enclosing an inscription in Cyrillic, inlaid in gold, "Safeguard Your People"

Catalogue Note

Sold with a copy of a certificate of expertise from A. N. Kulinski.
The initials S.V. are probably for either princely family Volkonski or Vyazemski