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					Originally Posted by LPCA
					
				 
				Hi Kurt, 
 
It may be a presentation Nimcha even if it misses the full set of quillions (of which the guard). The profile of the handle is the same that the one of a Nimcha. 
This type of work on silver was and is again  nowadays done by the jew community of the casbash. Prudently, i would say late XIX°, early XX°. Why not before?? But, the blade would tell more for its datation. 
 
Best for you. 
Louis-Pierre 
			
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 Thanks for the assessment.
 I know the guard's a bad supplement.
 But the silver work is like the decoration of "Türken Beute" Weapons(17 early 18 century ).Even the shape of the blade could be early ?
 It looks like niello work?
Is that possible?
Best
Kurt