Kaskara sword – £8200 at Dawsons.
Estimated at £200-300, this kaskara sold for £8200 at Dawsons (23% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead on October 28.
It follows a Sudanese sword type popular into the 19th century but the use of silver-gilt to the pommel and pinecone grip and gold inlay to panels of Arabic script and a tugra were not translated, similar weapons were commissioned by Sudanese sultans for presentation purposes.