Early Pandor Yataghan sabre??

Dmitry · 24th July 2010, 05:16 AM

Let's not forget the "turquerie" balls that were fashionable with the royals and upper nobility of several Germanic States, Hungary, and perhaps indeed Austria, from the 1600s into the 1800s. The participants dressed in Turkish costumes, had their horses outfitted in Turkish style tack, dined in the lavish tents a la turque, copulated in the mock harems, and wore the weapons and accouterments either borrowed from the Turkish Chambers [as in Dresden, for example, but I'm sure other royals had kept them also], old family collections, or had some props made. This might be such an early prop, perhaps made for a servant. Or else it's an old operatic prop.
Just a wild guess...

24th July 2010, 05:16 AM	#16
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Let's not forget the "turquerie" balls that were fashionable with the royals and upper nobility of several Germanic States, Hungary, and perhaps indeed Austria, from the 1600s into the 1800s. The participants dressed in Turkish costumes, had their horses outfitted in Turkish style tack, dined in the lavish tents a la turque, copulated in the mock harems, and wore the weapons and accouterments either borrowed from the Turkish Chambers [as in Dresden, for example, but I'm sure other royals had kept them also], old family collections, or had some props made. This might be such an early prop, perhaps made for a servant. Or else it's an old operatic prop. Just a wild guess...