Beautiful knife

Tim Simmons · 3rd May 2006, 07:04 PM

My gut reaction from the decoration was India? just something about the bird. The scabbard is not very Indian? Saying that the bird appears to be a peacock with those little feathers on its head. I know a rich South American might have peacocks in his garden but it is not a motif from the Americas.

Tim Simmons · 3rd May 2006, 07:28 PM

Look at the birds in this folk art painting from Mithila, modern day Bihar state, eastern India. The style strongly suggests an Indian origin.

Tim Simmons · 3rd May 2006, 07:33 PM

Even better match, where is Baden Powell and his chums?

Tim Simmons · 3rd May 2006, 07:37 PM

The bird thing on the knife has four legs?

Tim Simmons · 3rd May 2006, 08:11 PM

It could be a Griffon, they too have an Indo/Persian origin. The one on the knife does not have the traditional European influenced heraldic stance.

Tim Simmons · 3rd May 2006, 08:26 PM

The other bird thing has the tale of a wyvern, perhaps it is South American.

Just similarity in folk art.

Lew · 3rd May 2006, 09:16 PM

Hi All

I was one of the bidders. The knife is Spanish from the south or Italian from the Mediterranean. The stacked horn hilt is often seen on these knives and the bird is a spanish peacock.

http://www.photographycorner.com/for...ad.php?t=29201

Lew

3rd May 2006, 07:33 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	Even better match, where is Baden Powell and his chums? Attached Images

3rd May 2006, 07:04 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	My gut reaction from the decoration was India? just something about the bird. The scabbard is not very Indian? Saying that the bird appears to be a peacock with those little feathers on its head. I know a rich South American might have peacocks in his garden but it is not a motif from the Americas.

3rd May 2006, 07:28 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	Look at the birds in this folk art painting from Mithila, modern day Bihar state, eastern India. The style strongly suggests an Indian origin.

3rd May 2006, 07:37 PM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	The bird thing on the knife has four legs?

3rd May 2006, 08:11 PM	#5
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	It could be a Griffon, they too have an Indo/Persian origin. The one on the knife does not have the traditional European influenced heraldic stance.

3rd May 2006, 08:26 PM	#6
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	The other bird thing has the tale of a wyvern, perhaps it is South American. Just similarity in folk art.

3rd May 2006, 09:16 PM	#7
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi All I was one of the bidders. The knife is Spanish from the south or Italian from the Mediterranean. The stacked horn hilt is often seen on these knives and the bird is a spanish peacock. http://www.photographycorner.com/for...ad.php?t=29201 Lew