Saber with Scabbard

Acem Oglu

19th century · Steel, silver-gilt, gold, agate, wood, leather · Arms and Armor

The blade is signed by its maker, Acem Oglu. The Arabic inscriptions decorating it include: "Oh from the gentle God whose gentleness is without end, You are the Powerful, we will love You in Your palace on the day of judgement." The foliate ornament on the guard and scabbard mounts shows the strong influence of European design in Turkish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Artist

Acem Oglu

Date

19th century

Medium

Steel, silver-gilt, gold, agate, wood, leather

Culture

Turkish, Ottoman

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935