19th century Syrian shamshir with 17th century Persian blade
 

I am offering a 19th century Syrian mounted shamshir with a 17th century Persian wootz blade. The blade has very nicely executed segmented fullers in rows of 3 along with a wide channel in the middle of the blade. Very nice wootz. Anthony North references one with segemented fullers in his book "Islamic Arms of the V&A" as 17th century and then Manoucher in his book also references a dated example with near identical blade and this one is also attributed to the 17th century. The Syrian mounts are complete with the silver koftgari on the scabbard fairly worn, about 50% of it intact. The real gem on this piece is the blade. A rare style and early. I have provided a lot of pictures but please e-mail with any questions. I am asking $4800 for this piece or the best offer. E-mail inquiries can be made to rsword007@aol.com.

Here are some additional pictures including some good close up shots of the pattern in the blade. It is a very active and bold pattern that is consistent throughout.

For anyone that is thinking about it, I would be open to a payment plan so feel free to e-mail me to discuss options.