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attached are an outstanding collection, and belonged to the first duke of wellington. note, the two 'europeanised' hilts that just beg discussion.
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Thanks for showing, the pieces are very nice - I wonder what the blades were like?
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hi jens,
no way of knowing unfortunately, but the last sword has a long straight blade of european manafacture. not 100% sure, but seem to remember being disappointed when i saw a pic (unsheathed) in a book on the duke. i had hoped it was indian and of the same quality as the hilt. |
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What's the name of the first Duke of Wellington? Only Duke of W I know of is the one that defeated Napolean. Interesting to note the rather nice 13 luk Naga Sasra keris.
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Brian, you and Jens tempt me terribly!
![]() I'm normally a silver and ivory guy, but Indian gold-work is simply stunning. Thank you for sharing these. |
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![]() I assume the sword on the right is one of the Europeanized handles? Very interesting. It looks almost contemporary in it's precision. Can you describe the blade. The sword on the right (pulowar?) looks to have a watered blade? |
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Andrew, you will always be welcome in the exquisite circle of collectors of Indian white arms, just let us know
![]() It is a pity that the early collectors of Indian weapons, did not take a bigger interest in the history of the weapons, and especially in the weapons strange to the countries from where the collectors came. Berkley, very well researched, and very informative ![]() |
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Many thanks Berkley. Great information and especially uplifting to know a man as Wellesley had keris amongst his collection.
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hi andrew,
i'm sorry i cant offer any more info than the images itself, as it was quite sometime that i saw this collection. the fabulous tulwar and the katar were attributed to tipu, and the katar holds a label that states (from memory) that it was a gift from the marquis of wellesly to the duke of wellington (his brother or brother in law). incidentley, the duke of wellingtons address was No 1, London. not bad, eh! |
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