Caucasian kindjal, probably owned by Lieutenant-General Sir Archdale Wilson (1803-1868). The hilt is a shaped, 'all-through' tang has, applied to each side, a plaque of ivory (or perhaps bone) which is secured to its partner, through the tang, by three brass rivets more or less equally spaced longitudinally. The major part is straight-sided and of near-rectangular section (obverse and reverse faces are slightly convexed) and forms the grip. Below this is the 'pommel' which is formed as a convex-sided arrowhead with a point at the tip and above, a similar widening of the grip produces a terminal overlapping the shoulder of the blade. The tang is squarded off at the shoulder and does not quite conform to the exterior line of the plaques.

The blade is straight, double-edged and parallel-sided for nearly half its length then tapered, at first gradually, to a long, symmetrical point. A central fuller, 350mm long runs each side from the hilt. From the end of the fuller to the point is a faint ridge, thus: for the first approximately seven-ninths of the hilt, the blade is of flattened oval section incorporating the fuller for the remaining two-ninths is of flattened diamond section. Decoration is kept to a minimum and is engraved. On the obverse the fuller is outlined by an engraved thread, on one side an engraved figure of a lamb and on the other an engraved representation of a human hand and wrist, the three centre fingers of which are together and erect and the thumb and little fingers protrude to their respective sides. The fuller is also outlined by an engraved thread on the reverse. The scabbard is wood with a white metal top locket, to the reverse face of which is a secured ring, the whole covered with mid-brown animal (goat or donkey) skin sewn irregularly down the reverse face. There are signs that a small pointed chape was once fitted. The outline follows that of the blade very closely. The top locket simply strenghtens the throat and provides a mount for a suspension ring.

Like WPN1499, WPN1450, WPN1451, WPN1452 and WPN1453, this weapon was formerly the property of the Wilson family. There is no evidence to connect it with any particular member but, as with WPN1453, Archdale Wilson seems to be the most likely member of the family to have acquired it originally. The kindjal is primarily a Caucasian weapon copied from the (rather smaller and generally finer) Georgian qama and is presumably closely related to the Persian quaddara which is usually rather bigger than the kindjal though the latter can vary greatly in size and this example is a fairly large one.