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View full screenDagger hilt of Indian origin, acquired by Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie, Bengal Engineers, c. 1820s - 1850s while on service in India. Purchased by the museum when Guthrie’s collection was auctioned in London by Christie, Manson and Woods (now Christies) in 1875 after his death
A.1875.29.22
India, South Asia
18th century
Mughal
Dagger hilt made of rock crystal, with rounded end and undecorated surface.
Non-British forces, inc. Imperial and Colonial: Bengal Engineers
Previous owner: Guthrie, Charles Seton, Colonel, 1808 - 1874
Guthrie Collection
Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd
India, South Asia
London, England, Northern Europe
Indian Encounters (14 Nov 2014 - 01 Mar 2015)
National Museum of Scotland
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Fossil moth (Lepidoptera indet.) and other insects (Insecta indet.), in amber, from the Oligocene of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Caribbean
Fossil moth (Lepidoptera indet.), in amber, from the Oligocene to Miocene of the Dominican Republic, West Indies
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Fossil moth (Lepidoptera) in a piece of Dominican amber, of Miocene (Burdigalian-Langhian) age, from the Dominican Republic