An Ottoman wood-hilted Dagger with nielloed silver Scabbard late 16th/ 17th Centur the hilt waisted and with palmette and floral-decorated silver mount at the forte, the double-edged curved blade with swollen tip and central ridge, inlaid with elongated gold inscription-filled cartouches,the scabbard with palmette terminal, chased and engraved at the lock and chape with flowering plants within cusped cartouches on a scrolling foliate ground, with foliate suspension loop 36.5 cm. long(2) Inscriptions: on the blade in Ottoman Turkish, a benedictory couplet in Turkish; on either side of the blade, date written in reverse, ola sen daima zevk ve safada/ ola ömrüñ günden güne ziyade sana AH 982(1), "May you always [live] in wholesomeness and purity / may your life increase day by day, year 982(1)/ AD 1872-72" For a similar dagger, see Howard J. Ricketts and Philippe Missilier, Splendour des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, pp. 32-33, no. 32.