An extremely nice Indo-Persian Spear

[Tim Simmons]

David you are right about a Moorish style. In the second half of the 19th century Moorish/Arab was in vouge. This is a European hunting spear and probably as mentioned German or central European countries. It could be earlier than 1890s but I think there is just a hint of the "Art Nouveau" in more organic flow to the design when compered to earlier forms.

Black and white pictures from "High Victorian Design, National Gallery Canda" These are early period.

Colour picture "Art&Design in Europe and America 1800-1900. Victoria & Albert Museum" Late period Paris 1893 Fernand Thesmar.

Just a few of many.

[katana]

Thank you Gentlemen,
for the 'lesson', I had really gone 'off' on a tangent Thank you Tim for posting the images.....I had not realised that Moorish/Arabic design was so widespread in Victorian European.

I still think the spear is a quality item.....but am not so sad to have lost it


All the best
David