Rongé et Fils -Liège ... Present for a Nawab Moghol (India o - Lot 76

Rongé et Fils -Liège ... Present for a Nawab Moghol (India or Pakistan) Oriental-style honor sword in steel chased with trophies all over the blade and gilded two-thirds of the way through. Lmax with scabbard 92.5 cm. Marked A.Rongé & fils. Arq(uebusi)er in Liège. Solid silver scabbard (833) with Belgian Dutch period hallmark. (1814-1831. ). The orientalizing handle is engraved with the Urdu words "Nawab Sahib Wan Mulk Der O Surat" (نواب صاحب واں ملک دیر وصورت). Either Nawab of Dir and Swat (Regions of Pakistan formerly in Mughal India. Note: the Musée Curtius in Liège has Antoine Rongé's cabinet. Around 1830, an English antiquarian from London bought the Rongé estate, which included a number of weapons. This sword was most likely one of the lot, destined and/or offered to one of the "Nawab" governors whom England was to seduce into its Indian policy before 1858.