Rencong out of the collection of Henri de Chauvigny de Blot, commissioner of Madura

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Nice rentjong with a nice provenance.
Lucky Danny that he went there and was able to purchase the 2 lances.

Your rentjong has a interesting scabbard which is very rounded on the bottom.
I owned a similar one years ago which is depicted in Jean Greffioz' book The Kris.

Love to see better pictures after cleaning.
Especially of the scabbard and it's carvings.

Thank you Willem! Yes those two lances of Danny are great. But if I can recall the images well, they looked as poorly on the seller's images as my rencong. So great to see them both cleaned up.

Indeed I noticed the "strange" round scabbard at the bottom. I won't clean it to much, just pick off the dirt and slightly etch the blade.
Thank you for your picture of the one you owned with similar scabbardtip.
I'll post images when it's here and I find some time in cleaning it..

Originally Posted by spunjer

did he have any moro stuff?

Ron I've no idea! But it would surprise me a little if it were. Very hard to find moro stuff here around from old Dutch collections. The Dutch unfortunately didn't cross the sea from Borneo to the Philippines to get some for me. Maybe the moro's were to fierce?

Originally Posted by freebooter

Congrats Maurice,
Another well provenanced item for your growing collections of well provenanced items....are there any left at home that don't come with this aspect of collecting.

Thanks Gav!
Yes the provenance makes such poor piece absolutely interesting for me! I hope I can give it a better life when cleaned up.
I have some left without provenance...


Thanks all,
Maurice

[Sajen]

Hi Maurice,

congratulation for one more very nice addition to your collection with great provenance. I am curious to see the rentjong cleaned up.

Regards,

Detlef