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429. Inscribed Dagger ("Jambiya") and Sheath

Date:
1713 (Early Modern)
Medium:
blade: steel, inlaid with gold and set with rubies (or spinels), emeralds (or beryls), and sapphires; hilt: nephrite; sheath: enamel, set with rubies (or spinels)
Extent:
Dimensions: dagger: 2 13/16 x 15 3/16 x 1 1/16 in. (7.2 x 38.6 x 2.7 cm); sheath: 2 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 in. (6.2 x 31 x 2.5 cm)

431. Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I

Date:
Gun: 1732/33; Miquelet lock: 1861/62 (Ottoman)
Medium:
steel, wood (ash), gold, gilded silver, silver, nephrite, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels); later miquelet lock, steel, gold
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 × L: 55 × D: 2 3/4 in. (24.5 × 139.7 × 7 cm)