turkish/ ottoman dagger

mavi1970 · 8th November 2007, 01:16 PM

So how much in certainty would this be a recently made dagger? The chasing and other parts seems to be mid to late 19th century, but the blade has always been the item that caused me to believe that it was possibly mated to old. new or newer blade to old handle sheath.

Yannis · 8th November 2007, 06:14 PM

Mavi, only if I could hold it I could say more. You have experience, and if you say the blade is old I am sure it is.

The artwork is always the tricky part of age estimation. We use to see great quality from old masters and lower quality from recent ones. But did all the early 19th c. workshops were good? I dont know.

8th November 2007, 01:16 PM	#1
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	So how much in certainty would this be a recently made dagger? The chasing and other parts seems to be mid to late 19th century, but the blade has always been the item that caused me to believe that it was possibly mated to old. new or newer blade to old handle sheath.

8th November 2007, 06:14 PM	#2
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Mavi, only if I could hold it I could say more. You have experience, and if you say the blade is old I am sure it is. The artwork is always the tricky part of age estimation. We use to see great quality from old masters and lower quality from recent ones. But did all the early 19th c. workshops were good? I dont know.