ANTIQUE CEREMONIAL SWORD AND KNIFE COLLECTION, 18 PIECES:Including: One Indian Saber; One Spanish sword w/shell guard; Persian Daggers; Spanish sword with wooden handle; Persian Brass powder horn (19th C.); One sword cane w/bamboo scabbard and carved at tip of handle; One Short Middle Eastern sword with a leather scabbard; One Machete; Two Indian swords no scabbards both made in India one  with a lion mask grip; one knife with a wooden case covered in leather; One machete with a leather scabbard; One pike and axe head; One riding crop; One knife made in Mexico with a leather case; One cane  with a short stiletto point hidden under the handle (similar to a sword cane but with a shorter blade); 2 Middle Eastern curved knives one with a decorated wooden case the other with a handchased metal case; Reproduction medieval battle axe; sculpture in the shape of a revolver.   Estate of Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.

This collection which he gathered in his travels around the world was a prize possession to Mr. Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.