28th Jun, 2023 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
76
A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALABAR COAST
with curved single-edged blade formed with a groove along the back edge and chiselled with scrolls and foliage on each face, engraved copper alloy hilt including circular guard with scalloped border and ferrule decorated en suite with the blade, wooden grip rising to an angular pommel carved with a band of conventional foliage, and the latter bound with a band of engraved copper alloy and fitted with attenuated button, 56.2 cm overall
Roy Elvis catalogue number E16.
Sold for £600
with curved single-edged blade formed with a groove along the back edge and chiselled with scrolls and foliage on each face, engraved copper alloy hilt including circular guard with scalloped border and ferrule decorated en suite with the blade, wooden grip rising to an angular pommel carved with a band of conventional foliage, and the latter bound with a band of engraved copper alloy and fitted with attenuated button, 56.2 cm overall
Roy Elvis catalogue number E16.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28th Jun, 2023
