CIRCA 1890

Name: A CAUCASIAN ST GEORGE SHASHKA
Brand: CIRCA 1890
Price: 22000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 27,500

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A CAUCASIAN ST GEORGE SHASHKA

CIRCA 1890

Price Realised GBP 27,500

Curved, the silver hilt with bifurcated pommel decorated with stylised niello scrolls and applied with a miniature order of St George, the leather scabbard with en-suite similar mounts
37¾ in. (96 cm.) long

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Younger (1856-1929).
Grand Duke Piotr Nikolaevich (1865-1931), brother of the above.
Prince Roman Petrovich (1896-1978), son of the above.
By direct descent.
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 1-2 December 2009, lot 353.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Grandson of Emperor Nicholas I, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Younger (1856-1929) was one of the most powerful and outspoken members of the Romanov dynasty in the years before the Revolution in 1917. To distinguish him from his first cousin, Emperor Nicolas II, he was known within the Imperial family as Nikolasha or 'Nicholas the Tall', as he towered above his rather short cousin. He was made Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces at the beginning of the First World War. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich owned a large number of swords, which he acquired or received during his long military career. Most of them have been offered at Christie's London between 2007 and 2009.