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Old 24th November 2011, 03:39 AM   #1
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Default MOORISH - MUDEJAR STYLE BOABDIL? DAGGER

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What can you tell me about that piece? My guess is 19th century toledo mudejar or moorish revival dagger. Appears to have golden koft gari and iron construction hilt.

It faintly follows the style of the famous Boabdil sword wich is in a museum in Madrid.

What do you think about it?

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Old 26th November 2011, 11:13 AM   #2
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eemmm... nobody knows anything about that dagger?
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Old 26th November 2011, 12:12 PM   #3
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I would agree on the 19th/beg 20th cent. Moorish revival guess ... but not necessarily Toledo. Examples from Toledo are usualy stamped with the city's nane ... and even dated.
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Old 28th November 2011, 10:56 PM   #4
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I would agree on the 19th/beg 20th cent. Moorish revival guess ... but not necessarily Toledo. Examples from Toledo are usualy stamped with the city's nane ... and even dated.
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This really is a pretty nice example, and Im inclined to go along with your learned assessment Nando! Anything made in Toledo in these times was so marked. Apparantly daggers of this type, but considerably more fanciful were made in Eibar, Spain about 50 years ago. The rich Moorish traditions of Andalusian Spain are celebrated in these Boabdil type daggers (last Moorish ruler of Granada, 1481-91) and an example seen in Faktor, 1989 #115.
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