Rare Mughal Dagger

[Jens Nordlunde]

Shakethetrees,
Thank you very much for the explanation, which I find very interesting.
If I understand you correctly, you are saying, that the jade or whatever, is 'scratched' like in 'koftgari', and that is what is holding the gold/stone in place. Is that correct?
If it is, then it is a bit like when the enamelleded. I have a very good example of this somewhere.
Jens