A Caucasian dagger (kindjal)

A Caucasian dagger (kindjal), double edged blade 13 in. with long point and two fullers converging to enclose a third, etched script; nielloed silver mounted wooden hilt with characteristic narrow grip and domed terminal, the mounts comprising two domed rivets and a shaped collar each chased with foliate decoration marked out with niello; leather covered scabbard with silver mounts decorated en suite to the hilt, the long chape with oviod terminal and the locket with transverse ridge open at one end to accept a leather loop, post-1908 Kokoshnik silver marks for the Caucasus; together with an Caucasian style silver niello belt comprising 55 individual plates threaded together on a (later) fabric band, the domed clasp with twin hook and loop arrangement, all parts chased with flower heads and berries, marked for Moscow 1882-99. [2]