AN INDIAN KATAR, 18TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN FOLDING KATAR. the first with reinforced blade, chise

AN INDIAN KATAR, 18TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN FOLDING KATAR. the first with reinforced blade, chiselled and gilt with a leaping tiger confronted by an elephant within a broad fuller on each face (the gold with losses), steel hilt of characteristic form decorated on the inner and outer faces of the side bars with a running pattern of scrolling foliage and flowers within linear frames, and the grip-bars highlighted with lines of gold; the second of characteristic form, the blade covers decorated with a panel of silver foliage, in a fabric-covered wooden scabbard. the first: 45cm; 17 3/4in. (2)