MOORISH - MUDEJAR STYLE BOABDIL? DAGGER

[Valjhun]

Hi,

What can you tell me about that piece? My guess is 19th century toledo mudejar or moorish revival dagger. Appears to have golden koft gari and iron construction hilt.

It faintly follows the style of the famous Boabdil sword wich is in a museum in Madrid.

What do you think about it?

Thank you!

[Valjhun]

eemmm... nobody knows anything about that dagger?

[fernando]

I would agree on the 19th/beg 20th cent. Moorish revival guess ... but not necessarily Toledo. Examples from Toledo are usualy stamped with the city's nane ... and even dated.
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[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by fernando

I would agree on the 19th/beg 20th cent. Moorish revival guess ... but not necessarily Toledo. Examples from Toledo are usualy stamped with the city's nane ... and even dated.
Others will show up and tell you better.

This really is a pretty nice example, and Im inclined to go along with your learned assessment Nando! Anything made in Toledo in these times was so marked. Apparantly daggers of this type, but considerably more fanciful were made in Eibar, Spain about 50 years ago. The rich Moorish traditions of Andalusian Spain are celebrated in these Boabdil type daggers (last Moorish ruler of Granada, 1481-91) and an example seen in Faktor, 1989 #115.