Replica of Topkapi Emerald Dagger

 Inventory Number: OT1809001

Length: 36cm

The Topkapi Emerald Dagger is the renowned jewel-studded dagger of mid-18th century, preserved and displayed for public viewing at the treasury of the Topkapi Palace Museum, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The handle and the case of the dagger are made of gold with enameled flower motifs and encrusted with diamonds.

One side of the gold handle is set with three large Colombian emeralds of good color and clarity. At the end of the handle is an octagonal-shaped emerald, set as a cover, which when opened revealed a small watch，which made by Clarke, a London-based company.

In 1978, the Topkapi Palace Museum authorized the production of this replica.

Historical Background

This dagger was actually one of several other valuable gifts that was carried by an embassy of Sultan Mahmud I (1730-1754) to Persia, to be gifted to the mighty Persian conqueror Nadir Shah in 1747, but unfortunately it was not delivered as Nadir Shah was assassinated, when the embassy just crossed the borders of the Ottoman Empire into Persian territory. The gifts including the jewel-studded dagger were then returned to the treasury at Istanbul, and eventually became one of the most celebrated treasures in the treasury of the Topkapi Palace Museum.