Siwai/Siwah/Sewar dagger 19th Century ?

Battara · 9th August 2008, 04:40 AM

The silver work on this one seems especially new - the crown ferrule was a dead give-away to me. What also threw me off was the engraving - all of the best nobility pieces I have seen (or in pictures) have been chased or repoussed, not engraved.

asomotif · 11th August 2008, 12:16 PM

Thanks, I also got suspicious by someone offering so much pieces of 'high' quality that can still be found among the nobles on Sumatra.

Indonesia is becomming the new China I guess....

9th August 2008, 04:40 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	The silver work on this one seems especially new - the crown ferrule was a dead give-away to me. What also threw me off was the engraving - all of the best nobility pieces I have seen (or in pictures) have been chased or repoussed, not engraved.

11th August 2008, 12:16 PM	#2
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,235	Thanks, I also got suspicious by someone offering so much pieces of 'high' quality that can still be found among the nobles on Sumatra. Indonesia is becomming the new China I guess....