Swordstick

This silver swordstick is shaped as a mace fitted with grape color jade pieces on top and bottom encrusted with red and greenstones in silver settings with two bands one on top and one at bottom encrusted with turquoise pieces. The knob of this piece is shaped as a crown tipped with a crescent star. The thin blade is worked in gold bearing Turkish inscriptions in panels on either side. It dates back to the 17 th century.